What Disappears

"What Disappears" is a multi-generational tale that follows the lives of twin sisters, Jeannette and Sonya, from 1880s Tsarist Russia to Paris at the start of World War I. It explores the ways in which girls and women define their identity and search for meaning in a world that tries to hold them back.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 312 pages
Publication date: 17 May 2022
Publisher: Regal House Publishing LLC

What Disappears is a captivating multi-generational saga that unfolds in Tsarist Russia during the 1880s and concludes in Paris at the dawn of World War I. Born to a Jewish family in dire financial circumstances, Jeannette Dupres, one of two identical twins, is spirited away from an orphanage as an infant by a couple from France. Her twin sister, Sonya Luria, raised to believe her sister perished at birth, experiences her life turned upside down by the 1903 pogrom in Kishinev. Fate brings the sisters together in the doorway of Anna Pavlova's dressing room, where they both secure jobs in Paris with Sergei Diaghilevs Ballets Russes, Sonya as a seamstress and Jeannette as an extra ballerina. Their relationship, characterized by its ebb and flow, unveils the sisters' deepest and darkest secrets, impacting not only themselves but also leaving a lasting imprint on the lives and destinies of Sonya's three daughters. Peopled by the finest dancers, artists, writers, designers, and trendsetters of the Belle Époque, What Disappears delves into the profound ways in which girls and women navigate the challenges of defining their identity and seeking meaning in a world that consistently seeks to confine and restrict them.

Weight: 412g
Dimension: 215 x 139 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781646030750