Odette Rising

Julianne Edwards, MA 1988

1896, Sèvres, France. From her bedroom window, Odette Huré watches a funeral bier carry her father's coffin away. She is twenty-one and has not left the house for ten years. With the sudden death of her father, forced into society, she discovers she is now responsible for a fortune and a stocking factory - renowed for its exquisite designs which adorn the slender ankles of the Parisian femmes célèbres. Now Odette must navigate the world she has hidden from. Naïve and alone, she will excavate her father's secrets, face the dark truth about her own identity and - with the rise of her unconventional self-made family - rise to discover all that she is capable of.

ISBN: 978-1-3996-3354-3