{"product_id":"paper-fortunes-paperback","title":"Paper Fortunes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichelle Cox\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChicago, 1937. The Great Depression has tightened its grip on the city, and three women find themselves bound together by the Elizabeth Sullivan Home for Destitute and Degenerate Women-a crumbling Victorian mansion that promises refuge while quietly trading in secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarian Walters, a disgraced nurse, arrives at the Home hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she finds herself drawn into the life of Opal Olson-a mentally challenged young woman who turns up at the Home unable to explain her circumstances, carrying only a worn quilt and a small bag of paper fortunes. As Marian attempts to unravel the mystery of Opal's past, a crisis forces her to choose between following the rules and following her conscience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the city in a Drexel Boulevard mansion, wealthy socialite Evelyn Porter is suffocating beneath her mother's expectations and her own private grief. After a stay at a discreet country sanitarium fails to mend what is broken inside her, Evelyn returns home convinced that one thing alone can save her - and she is about to learn that what she wants most in the world may come at a price she never anticipated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in three interwoven voices, Paper Fortunes is a story about three women whose fates become tangled in a way none of them could have predicted-andthe fragile, paper-thin line between the futures we are given and the futures that can still be rewritten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 346\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51375392948447,"sku":"9798998757143","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/kSud2xJWFc9798998757143.webp?v=1789200202","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/paper-fortunes-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}