Venice, 1710
Poinsettia Girl is based on the story of Agata de
la Pieta, an orphan musician of the Ospedale de la Pieta.
Ten-year-old Agata's world is shaken at the sudden death of her
mother. Left only with her egregious father, a working musician in Venice, her
ailing grandmother sends her to the well-known orphanage, hidden from
everything she's ever known.
Agata auditions for the conservatory style music school where music
is both salvation and spectacle. Hidden behind ornate metal grates, adorned
with poinsettias in their hair, the singers are veiled in mystery, their
ethereal music drawing noble audiences, including gilded young men who see them
as treasures-not only for their sound but as coveted marriage prizes.
Just as she reaches the height of her musical journey, a marriage
proposal from someone outside the audience tempts her with the promise of a new
life-a return to the old neighborhood she's longed for and a home she barely
remembers.
Torn between the music that has defined her and the hope of
belonging to a family, Agata must confront the most profound question of her
life: is her purpose rooted in the music that shaped her, or in the love that
might free her?
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Jennifer Wizbowski spent her childhood days lost among the spines of her favorite books. Inspired by the daffodil fields of Wordsworth and the babbling brooks of Shakespeare, she earned her bachelor’s in English literature, a minor in music, and a secondary teaching credential, then wrote freelance for local business journals, taught in classrooms, and authored a Teen and Tween column for a parent magazine—all while raising her family.
As those years ended, she knew it was the right time to
pursue her lifelong aspiration of bringing her own books to life. She now
devotes herself to illuminating everyday women’s stories often lost in the
shadows of history, revealing how they became heroines of their own time and
place.
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