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    Lush Lives
    Lush Lives
    Lush Lives
    Audiobook12 hours

    Lush Lives

    Written by J. Vanessa Lyon

    Narrated by Elle Cleviden

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    About this audiobook

    With beguiling wit and undeniable passion, Lush Lives is a deliciously queer and sexy novel about bold, brilliant women unafraid to take risks and fight for what they love

    An unabashedly charged love story set in the evocative and high-stakes world of art and auction in New York City, Roxane Gay Books’ second title is a crowd-pleaser in the vein of Jasmine Guillory’s The Wedding Date and Helen Wan’s The Partner Track.

    For Glory Hopkins, inheriting her Aunt Lucille’s Harlem brownstone feels more like a curse than a blessing. As a restless artist struggling to find gallery representation, Glory doesn’t have the money, time, or patience to look after the aging house of an aunt she barely knew. But when
    she stumbles into Parkie de Groot, a savvy, ambitious auction house appraiser on the verge of a coveted promotion, her unexpected inheritance begins to look more promising. Glory and Parkie form an unlikely alliance and work to unearth the origins of a rare manuscript hidden in
    the brownstone’s attic. In doing so, they uncover not only the well-kept secrets of Lucille’s life but also the complex relationships between Harlem and its distinguished residents.

    Undeniable as their connection may be, complications arise that threaten to tear apart their newly forged relationship. Between Parkie’s struggle to overcome the heartache of past romances and professional problems that threaten to end her rising career, and Glory’s unbridled and
    all-consuming ambition, they begin to keep secrets from each other.

    The deeper they dig into the mysteries of the Harlem brownstone, the more fraught their relationship becomes.

    Lush Lives is an unforgettable novel of queer love, ambition, and the forgotten histories that define us.

    Editor's Note

    Roxane Gay’s imprint…

    Lyon’s debut, the second release from Roxane Gay’s new imprint, is a sapphic love story at the heart of New York’s art and auction scenes. Artist Glory Hopkins recently inherited her late aunt’s brownstone and all its contents, leading her to meet (and begin dating) Parkie de Groot, an auction appraiser. Their budding relationship is complicated by Glory’s ambitions, racial and class divides, and a mysterious manuscript found in the brownstone’s attic. Intersectional and immersive, this novel is as lush as the title suggests.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateAug 15, 2023
    ISBN9781705097601
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    • 5/5
      Such a well-written, captivating, meaningful, sensitive, powerful, inspiring, justice-minded work!
    • 5/5
      This narrator is amazing. Definitely one of the best I've ever heard (and I listen to a lot of audiobooks).