Kathleen Tessaro's The Debutante asks whether the secrets of one woman's past can change another woman's future. Cate is a gifted artist who survives in New York by producing copies of Old Masters. She arrives in London to stay with her aunt Rachel who owns an auction house, determined to leave the pain of her past behind. Cate is sent to help value the contents of the once-grand Georgian house, Endsleigh House. Cataloguing its contents with Jack - a man with his own dark past - she comes across a hidden shoebox containing an exquisite pair of dancing shoes from the 1930s, along with a mysterious collection of objects: a photograph, a dance card and a Tiffany bracelet. Returning to London, Cate immerses herself in piecing together the clues contained in the box to uncover a story about Irene Blythe and her sister Diana - two of the most famous debutantes of their generation. Their tale leads Cate to face up to secrets of her own.

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