The Way of Beauty

Hearts and dreams evolve in the shadow of the once-magnificent Penn Station. Vera Keller, the daughter of German immigrants in turn-of-the-century New York City, finds her life upended when the man she loves becomes engaged to another woman. But Angelo Bellavia has also inadvertently opened up Veras life to unexpected possibilities. Angelos new wife, Pearl, the wealthy daughter of a clothing manufacturer, has defied her familys expectations by devoting herself to the suffrage movement. In Pearl, Vera finds an unexpected dear friendand a stirring new cause of her own. But when Pearls selfless work pulls her farther from Angelo and their son, the life Vera craved is suddenly within her reachif her conscience will allow her to take it. Her choice will define not only her future but also that of her daughter, Alice. Vera and Alicea generation and a world apartare bound by the same passionate drive to fulfill their dreams. As first mother and then daughter come of age in a city that is changing as rapidly as its skyline, theyll each discover that love is the only constant.