It’s 1896 in Sevres, France and, from her bedroom window, Odette Hure watches a funeral procession carry her father’s coffin away. She is twenty-one and she has not left the house for ten years. Odette looks on as her life passes, reading and soothing herself with food. But with the sudden death of her father, the walls she has built around herself begin to crumble. Forced into the world, she discovers to her horror that she is responsible for her father’s considerable fortune and his celebrated stockings factory-renowned for its exquisite designs that adorn the slender ankles of Parisian femmes celebres. Now Odette must try and navigate the world she has hidden from for so long. In doing so, she will unearth secrets left behind by her father and the shocking truth of her own identity. With the help of an unorthodox found family, she will discover all that she is capable of. Odette is a heroine for the ages-complex and flawed, but compelling and full of warmth-and we share her joy as she begins to soar.
