Late Flight to Lisbon

In December 1998, a snowbound delay at JFK changes two women's lives forever.

Louella, an American entrepreneur escaping the emotional wreckage of a narcissistic marriage, and Alexa, a Portuguese painter trapped in a glittering aristocratic cage, begin talking over a shared love of books, art, and the freedom they crave. That chance meeting becomes a transatlantic bond that carries them from New York to Lisbon, from Manhattan galleries to Italian palazzos and the wild mountains of Brazil.

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