![]() ![]() Petersburg to Paris under the shadow of World War I. Now Lost Roses, set a generation earlier and also inspired by true events, features Carolines mother, Eliza, and follows three equally indomitable women from St. ![]() Book Synopsis NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday. Petersburg and aristocratic countryside estates to the avenues of Paris where a society of fallen Russian emigres live to the mansions of Long Island, the lives of Eliza, Sofya, and Varinka will intersect in profound ways.- of cover. But when Sofyas letters suddenly stop coming, she fears the worst for her best friend. On the other side of the Atlantic, Eliza is doing her part to help the White Russian families find safety as they escape the revolution. ![]() In need of domestic help, they hire the local fortune-tellers daughter, Varinka, unknowingly bringing intense danger into their household. But when Austria declares war on Serbia and Russias imperial dynasty begins to fall, Eliza escapes back to America, while Sofya and her family flee to their country estate. ![]() Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. About the Book It is 1914.Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. ![]()
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