After Sappho: A Novel Romance_Gift_Guide young Emilia Bassano is a

young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats

He claims he saved her

the family’s role

And a curious man with purple shoes just so happens to want that tank at any cost

and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society

After Sappho: A Novel Romance_Gift_Guide young Emilia Bassano is aA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE Finalist for the Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the New Yorker, Washington Post, TIME, and The Guardian "A work of stirring genius, a catalogue of intimacies and inventions, desires and dreams." Jacob Brogan, Washington Post An exhilarating debut from a radiant new voice, After Sappho reimagines the