Golden Earrings

by Belinda Alexandra (Author)

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  Paperback
  2013

  $3.29

  Let me tell you a story...The granddaughter of Spanish refugees, who fled Barcelona after the Civil War, Paloma Batton is an attentive student of the Paris Opera Ballet, that is, until she is visited by a ghost ...
  
  Leaving her a mysterious gift - a pair of golden earrings - the ghost disappears, setting Paloma off on a quest.
  
  Paloma's exploration of her Spanish heritage, leads to a connection between the visitor and 'la Rusa', a woman who died in Paris in 1952, known for her rapid rise from poverty to flamenco star. Although her death was ruled a suicide, Paloma soon discovers that many people had reasons for wanting la Rusa dead... including Paloma's own grandmother.
  
  Golden Earringstravels between Barcelona: before the Civil War, and Paris in the 1970s. It is a story of passion and betrayal, and the extremes two women will go to for love.
  
  Nothing is ever quite as it seems...