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Ceremony of Innocence

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Pub Date Feb 20 2026 | Archive Date Jan 10 2026

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Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

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Following graduation from Wellesley, an inquisitive but skeptical Gemma Danforth spends the year in Nice where, as a consequence of exposures to the broadening world view of the early Modernists, she gradually sheds her skepticism and replaces it with maturity's hardened resolve. Her months in France lead to encounters with the literary and artistic luminaries of the era. Gemma's journey is later shared with an alienated ex-pat member of the British aristocracy, her eventual lover, and together, they revisit the Hamptons, venture into the American South, before finally settling in Paris.

Following graduation from Wellesley, an inquisitive but skeptical Gemma Danforth spends the year in Nice where, as a consequence of exposures to the broadening world view of the early Modernists, she...

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ISBN 9798993760308
PRICE $16.95 (USD)
PAGES 135

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