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The weather woman / Sally Gardner.

The weather woman / Sally Gardner.
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ISBN 9781838931698 (paperback)
Name Gardner, Sally author.
Title The weather woman / Sally Gardner.
Published London : Head of Zeus, 2022.
©2022
Description 457 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes "It can be very dangerous to be ahead of your time"--Cover.
Summary When her parents die in a terrible tragedy, Neva is adopted by an eccentric clock and automata maker who devises a machine to help her when she discovers she has a gift that will prove to be as dangerous as it is desirable: she can predict the weather. Now Neva must find a way to disguise her true identity from those who would destroy her. This novel is set in the 18th century between the two great Frost Fairs. Neva Friezland is born into a world of trickery and illusion, where fortunes can be won and lost on the turn of a card. She is also born with an extraordinary gift. She can predict the weather. In Regency England, where the proper goal for a gentlewoman is marriage and only God knows the weather, this is dangerous. It is also potentially very lucrative. In order to debate with the men of science and move about freely, Neva adopts a sophisticated male disguise. She foretells the weather from inside an automaton created by her brilliant clockmaker father. But what will happen when the disguised Neva falls in love with a charismatic young man? It can be very dangerous to be ahead of your time. Especially as a woman.
Subjects Weather forecasting -- Fiction
Orphans -- Fiction
Adopted children -- Fiction
Automaton chess players -- Fiction
Women -- Great Britain -- 18th century -- Fiction
Man-woman relationships -- 18th century -- Fiction
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
Genre Historical fiction
Alternative histories (Fiction)
Magic realist fiction
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