Carol Edgarian

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Brilliantly conceived and beautifully realized.
— Booklist, STARRED review
If there’s a book that speaks urgently to a time of grief, resilience, wounding loneliness, and collective hope in one of the deadliest pandemics in history, it is Vera — a work to be cherished for what it uncovers in the pages and, possibly, the heart of the reader, one that brings a traveler to ‘the other side by a surprise or a marvel or a song.’
— Los Angeles Review of Books
Written with distinctive and elegant prose, Edgarian paints a beautiful portrait of devastation…a character-driven novel about family, power and loyalty, ‘Vera’ ultimately asks if it’s possible to belong to another person.
— San Francisco Chronicle
 
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“A novel of resilience in the face of disaster, just what we need right about now. Carol Edgarian’s tale couldn’t have come at a better time.”

–T. C. Boyle


 

Booklist Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books, 2021” | Los Angeles Review of Books “A Greater Catastrophe in Carol Edgarian’s ‘Vera’” | Post and Courier “‘Vera’ a captivating story of the heart set in earthquake-wrecked San Francisco” | Oprah Mag “33 of 2021's Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Novels” | Literary Hub “Carol Edgarian and Ann Beattie Talk Complex Characters and Literary Inspirations” | Good Housekeeping “25 Best Historical Fiction Books to Take You Back in Time” | Good Morning America “25 must-read books for March” | San Francisco Chronicle “With ‘Vera,’ Carol Edgarian transports readers to a darker age of San Francisco” | Medium “Finding Hope in the Pages of a Book” | Alta Journal “The Day the Earth Stood Still” | Buzzfeed “19 New Historical Fiction Books We Think You're Going To Love” | Indie Bound “March 2021 Indie Next List” | National Book Review “5 Hot Books” | New York Journal of Books “Vera: A Novel” | Washington Post “‘Vera’ bears witness to the lives ruined by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake” | Reader’s Choice “Your 6 Favorite Historical Novels and What to Read Next”