ECHO HERON

In the summer of 1888, Clara Wolcott, a daring young artist from Ohio, walked into Louis Tiffany's Manhattan office to interview for a job as a designer. For the next 21 years, her pivotal role in his multi-million dollar empire remained one of Tiffany's most guarded secrets—a secret that when revealed 118 years later, sent the international art world into a tailspin. Torn between his obsession with Clara and his lust for success, Tiffany resorts to desperate measures to keep her creative genius under his command. Clara cleverly navigates both her turbulent relationship with Tiffany and the rigid rules of Victorian and Edwardian societies, in order to embrace all the adventure and romance turn-of-the-century New York City has to offer.  

 Based on a cache of letters written between 1888 and 1944, New York Times bestelling author, Echo Heron, artfully blends fact with fiction to draw the reader into the remarkable life of one of America's most prolific and extraordinary women artists: Clara Wolcott, the hidden genius behind the iconic Tiffany lamps.

Out of 10,000 books, NOON AT TIFFANY'S was a QUARTERFINALIST of the AMAZON BREAKTHROUGH NOVEL AWARDS 

Foreign rights: Slovakia

 

 

 READER'S REVIEWS of NOON AT TIFFANY'S

 

"ECHO HERON HAS LIFTED CLARA WOLCOTT DRISCOLL OUT OF THE WELL OF OBSCURITY THAT LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY PUSHED HER INTO."

"HISTORICAL FICTION AT ITS BEST! ....completely engrossing..."

 "IMMENSELY ENJOYABLE!  The characters held my interest throughout. The intensity of the work is incredible. Highly recommend..."

 "FASCINATING HISTORICAL NOVEL about a woman ahead of her time."

 "Echo Heron's telling of the story is a truly wonderful weaving of actual correspondence and facts with a FINELY CRAFTED NARRATIVE..."

 "...A WONDERFUL BIOGRAPHY, a wonderful novel...EMINENTLY READABLE page after page..."

 "CAPTIVATING on many levels. A MUST READ for a glimpse into turn of the century living and struggles..."

 

 

 

AUTHOR'S NOTE

 

FOR MOST OF MY WRITING LIFE I have endeavored to champion extraordinary women who unjustly go unrecognized simply because they are women. In January of 2007, I heard an NPR broadcast about the discovery of a large volume of letters written between 1888 and the 1940's that proved beyond a doubt that the true designer of the iconic Tiffany lamps was not Louis Comfort Tiffany, but rather, Clara Wolcott, a young artist out of rural Ohio. The story grabbed me and would not let go. Thus began my six years of intensive research into the life and times of Clara.
   By the time I had finished reading Clara's letters, in which she gives vivid accounts of her daily life in turn-of-the-century New York City, I felt I had to bring this remarkable woman out from under Tiffany's shadow and into her own light.
   

 

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