Women And Wild Savages

by KC Blau

Overview

At 18, Lina is an aspiring actress and the stunning daughter of Viennese coffeehouse owners. When the imperial capital's most sought-after bachelor, Adolf Loos, unexpectedly proposes, she eagerly agrees. But the honeymoon is short-lived. Her "modern" husband might be friends with women activists but his publicly progressive views do not extend to his young wife. Thank goodness for the sympathetic ear of Café Central's beloved, old poet, Peter Altenberg. But when Adolf Loos unwittingly pushes Lina into the arms of his activist friend's handsome son, Lina becomes entangled in a web of desire, jealousy and intrigue. No man's love is unconditional. As the three friends rival to mold her into the perfect wife, muse and lover, Lina strives to recall the woman she once imagined herself to be. Fact and fiction weave together with history and romance in this tragic yet inspiring tale of Lina Loos' struggle for love, liberation and self-fulfillment during her years of marriage to the renowned architect, Adolf Loos.
Set in the early 1900s in fin-de-siècle Vienna, Women and Wild Savages tells the timeless story of a person's journey to recognize and be herself in a world determined to make her into someone else.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157964566
Publisher:	Vita Ipsa Publishing Inc
Publication date:	12/29/2015
Series:	Vienna Muses , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	398
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

KC BLAU was born in Pittsburgh, PA. She is a German-English translator and blogs about Vienna at www.viennamuses.com. Women and Wild Savages is the first of her historical fiction series about the women of the imperial capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her next book in the Vienna Muses series will focus on Wally Neuzil and Edith Harms – the women in the life of Egon Schiele. She is also currently finishing the first book of a romantic adventure series based in Thailand and inspired by her travels backpacking.