Parlor Games A Novel by Maryka Biaggio Paperback ~ Maryka Biaggio a former psychology professor has many scholarly publishing credits to her name but Parlor Games is her debut loves the challenge of starting with actual historical figures and dramatizing their lives-imagining what motivated them to behave as the did studying how the cultural and historical context may have influenced them and recreating some sense of their Parlor Games by Maryka Biaggio ~ Parlour Games is the gentlywritten story of a woman whose dedication to achieving what she wanted saw her either dance around or plough straight through any obstacle The lilting language helped capture the era and Mary’s geographical and emotional travels were beautifully illustrated enjoyable and compelling Parlor Games A Novel 9780307950895 Maryka ~ Parlor Games is a completely enjoyable read I love historical fiction and in this impressive first novel Biaggio has clearly done her research and woven it into a fastpaced and spellbinding tale The exquisite descriptions about the surroundings and fashions of the turn of the last century placed me squarely in that era
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