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The dance tree : a novel / Kiran Millwood Hargrave.
Strasbourg, 1518. In the midst of a blisteringly hot summer, a lone woman begins to dance in the city square. She dances for days without pause or rest, and when hundreds of other women join her, the men running the city declare a state of emergency and hire musicians to play the Devil out of the mob. Outside the city, pregnant Lisbet lives with her husband and mother-in-law, tending the bees that are the family's livelihood. Though Lisbet is removed from the frenzy of the dancing plague afflicting the city's women, her own quiet life is upended by the arrival of her sister-in-law. Nethe has been away for seven years, serving a penance in the mountains for a crime no one will name. It is a secret Lisbet is determined to uncover. As the city buckles under the beat of a thousand feet, Lisbet becomes caught in a dangerous web of deceit and clandestine passion. Like the women of Strasbourg, she too, is dancing to a dangerous tune...
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063274778 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0063274779 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 245 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First HarperVia edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
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| Subject: | Dance > Fiction. Demoniac possession > Fiction. Beekeepers > Fiction. Pregnant women > Fiction. Lesbians > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Strasbourg (France) > History > 16th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Lesbian fiction. Historical fiction. |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | HARGR K (Text) | 33126025328679 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Erlanger Branch | HARGR K (Text) | 33126025328661 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Erlanger Branch | HARGR K (Text) | 33126025328687 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
Strasbourg, 1518. In the midst of a blisteringly hot summer, a lone woman begins to dance in the city square. She dances for days without pause or rest, and when hundreds of other women join her, the men running the city declare a state of emergency and hire musicians to play the Devil out of the mob. Outside the city, pregnant Lisbet lives with her husband and mother-in-law, tending the bees that are the family's livelihood. Though Lisbet is removed from the frenzy of the dancing plague afflicting the city's women, her own quiet life is upended by the arrival of her sister-in-law. Nethe has been away for seven years, serving a penance in the mountains for a crime no one will name. It is a secret Lisbet is determined to uncover. As the city buckles under the beat of a thousand feet, Lisbet becomes caught in a dangerous web of deceit and clandestine passion. Like the women of Strasbourg, she too, is dancing to a dangerous tune...