02005cam a2200313 4500 365841880 TxAuBib 20150130120000.0 120613s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2013006179 9780062201034 0062201034 BTCTA eng BTCTA BDX JST JAI YDXCP XYZ SFR SKYRV TxAuBib Sachs, Dana. The secret of the Nightingale Palace / Dana Sachs. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, 2013. 348 p., 8 p. ; 21 cm. Includes author interview and question for discussion. Struggling to move on after her husband's death, thirty-five-year-old Anna receives an unexpected phone call from her estranged grandmother, Goldie, summoning her to New York. A demanding woman with a sharp tongue and a devotion to fashion and etiquette, Goldie has not softened in the five years since she and her granddaughter last spoke. Now she wants Anna to drive her to San Francisco to return a collection of exquisite Japanese art to a long-lost friend. Hours of sitting behind the wheel of Goldie's Rolls-Royce soften Anna's attitude toward her grandmother, and as the miles pass, old hurts begin to heal. Yet no matter how close they become, Goldie harbors painful secrets about her youthful days in 1940's San Francisco that she cannot share. But if she truly wants to help her granddaughter find happiness again, she must eventually confront the truths of her life. Moving back and forth across time and told in the voices of both Anna and Goldie, The Secret of the Nightingale Palace is a searing portrait. 20150130. Grandmothers Fiction. Widows Fiction. Travel Fiction. Jewish women Fiction. Japanese Americans Fiction. Love stories. Psychological fiction.