WHO WAS SYLVIA?

by Nancy Hartwell ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 2, 1952

Another good post-high school, pre-career and marriage novel that has for its focus the world of music and a heroine of obscure parentage. Turning down the comfortable college and social life her adopted family offer her, music-loving Sylvia Clement goes to Philadelphia to hunt a job and to start on the trail of her identity. Her only lue is the memory of her childhood with kindly Gramp Jameson in his house on Camac Street. In a music student boarding house she meets Sean Patriz, whose aim is opera, and finds work as assistant to a music librarian in a radio station. While growing in appreciation of music -- and each other, Sylvia and Sean find clues that lead them from amac Street to other Jameson relatives who have information and proof that Sylvia is the child of a French couple killed before the war and that her inheritance is sufficient to continue her musical education. A socialite's romance that fizzles out provides a nice contrast between and sidelight on the shallow home town and the fuller city life.

Pub Date: Oct. 2, 1952

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Page Count: -

Publisher: Holt

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1952

Categories: FICTION