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Laurie Lico Albanese

Laurie Lico Albanese is the author of STOLEN BEAUTY, a novel about love, art, courage and war that illuminates the intimate lives of two remarkable Viennese women whose fates and awakenings are bound by Gustav Klimt and his golden portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer.

She is co-author of THE MIRACLES OF PRATO, a novel about the Renaissance painter Fra Filippo Lippi, written with Laura Morowitz.

Genres: Historical, Literary Fiction

Novels

   Lynelle By the Sea (2000)
   The Miracles of Prato (2009) (with Laura Morowitz)
   Stolen Beauty (2017)
   Hester (2022)

Collections

Blue Suburbia (poems) (2004)

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Eleanore of Avignon (2024)
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"A medieval French city. A terrible plague. And a woman born to heal against all odds. In her sumptuous debut novel author Elizabeth DeLozier's riveting and brilliant young hero is haunted by the beloved lives she could not save, and the many who turn to her in desperate need. With a twin sister whose heart is shattered, and forbidden knowledge and desires of her own, Eleanore of Avignon works alongside the most powerful doctor in all of France in a race against time and a battle against an invincible foe. Twenty-first century readers will be astounded at how little has changed since the Bubonic Plague spread fear, suspicion, political battles, and scientific doubts more than six hundred years ago. We will not soon forget the mysteries and heartfelt bonds that thread through this book, nor the terrible threats that Eleanore strains beneath and works to hide. To be a healer, Eleanore of Avignon risks her own life and the lives of those she loves. Hers is spellbinding story for the ages."

The Stone Witch of Florence (2024)
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All You Have to Do Is Call (2023)
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The London Seance Society (2023)
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Daughters of Nantucket (2023)
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Embers on the Wind (2022)
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"Centering on a Berkshires home that was part of the Underground Railroad, Embers on the Wind bends time to bring together a kaleidoscope of Black and white lives that seek, shatter, and rise in a stunning conclusion. Lisa Williamson Rosenberg has written a powerful, haunting tale of the modern African American diaspora."

When the Summer Was Ours (2021)
Roxanne Veletzos
"A Tale of Two Cities meets The Nightingale in this luminous wartime love story that sweeps readers from an impoverished Romani camp in Hungary at the brink of World War Two to the Siege of Budapest and on to the New York art scene during the Cold War. Tenderly drawn and lyrically told, Roxanne Veletzos’s unforgettable characters show us the political is always personal, art is both transcendent and fragile, and courage is the ultimate weapon against injustice. Transportive and moving, When the Summer Was Ours is haunted by the violin music of the Romani people and a love that endures through war and devastation."

Beyond the Ghetto Gates (2020)
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"Cameron’s vivid page-turner delivers a shattering portrait of love, lust, war, betrayal and faith inside the gates of a famed Jewish ghetto in late 18th century Italy. Best of all, Beyond the Ghetto Gates gives us Mirelle, a brave and brilliant young heroine who learns that faith in one’s self is the greatest faith of all."

The Other Alcott (2017)
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