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&ldquo;O&rsquo;Connor offers a stunning historical reimagining. Her eye for details, including Victorian dress, food, and technology, enhance her mastery of character and inner dialog.&rdquo; &mdash; Library Journal (starred review)&ldquo;It&rsquo;s Belle&rsquo;s determination to live her life on her own terms and in defiance of her times that makes her such a fascinating subject. . . You&rsquo;ll cheer for the young heroine in this David versus Goliath tale.&rdquo;&#160;&#160;&mdash;The Irish Voice"O'Connor has the thrilling ability to step back nimbly and enter the deep dance of time&#8213;this is a hidden history laid luminously before us of an exultant Anglo-Irish woman navigating the dark shoals and the bright fields of a life."&#160;&#8213;Sebastian Barry,&#160;award-winning author of The Secret Scripture and Days Without End&ldquo;Lively&hellip; O&rsquo;Connor skillfully captures the mores of the time and tops it off with a wonderfully suspenseful court case. This is a transportive, enjoyable novel.&rdquo; &mdash; Publisher&rsquo;s Weekly&ldquo;The period setting comes alive thanks to O&rsquo;Connor&rsquo;s lively prose and dialogue.&rdquo;&ndash;Kirkus Reviews&#160;&ldquo;Vividly reimagines the life of a nontraditional historical heroine. . . this passionate tale of ambition and love has cross-genre appeal for fans of historical fiction and romance.&rdquo;&#160;&mdash;Booklist &ldquo;Becoming Belle is a glorious novel in which Belle Bilton and 19th century London are brought roaring to life with exquisite period detail. In her portrayal of Belle, Nuala O'Connor delivers a seductive study of a complex and fascinating woman, who deserves the stage provided for her in this wonderful book.&rdquo;&mdash;Hazel Gaynor, New York Times bestselling author of A Memory of Violets &ldquo;Masterful storytelling!&#160;&#160;I was putty in Nuala O&rsquo;Connor&rsquo;s hands.&#160; She made the unsinkable Belle Bilton and her down-to-earth sister Flo real to me, and brought 1880's London to my living room.&#160; Encore! Encore!&rdquo;&#160;&mdash;Lynn Cullen, bestselling author of&#160;Mrs. Poe"O&rsquo;Connor has a genius for finding the universal and unifying life essence of seemingly diverse women as they nurture their deepest sensibilities and draw upon their enduring strength. ... O&rsquo;Connor&rsquo;s rendering of a now little-known nineteenth-century music hall dancer in Becoming Belle is thrillingly dramatic and achingly moving and profoundly resonant into this present era."&mdash;Robert Olen Butler, author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain&ldquo;Becoming Belle&#160;is luscious, addictive and as satisfyingly wise as it is huge of heart. Nuala O'Connor has gone in deep to imagine the life of a fascinating woman, and from the dance floor to the townhouse to the bedroom, she renders Belle Bilton's passion, determination and vulnerability bracingly real. A treat as well as a tribute; utterly absorbing.&rdquo;&#160;&mdash;Belinda McKeon, author of Tender"Nuala O&rsquo;Connor is a gifted writer who, with incandescent characters and mellifluous prose, captivates the reader with the same command as magnificent theatre.&#160;Becoming Belle&#160;is so mesmerizing you will be distraught when it ends and you remember that she lives no more. O&rsquo;Connor has resurrected a fiery, inexorable woman who rewrites the script on a stage supposedly ruled by men. Sensual, witty, daring, and unapologetically forward, Belle Bilton and her cohorts will dance on in your mind long after the curtains fall."&mdash;Lisa Carey, author of&#160;The Stolen Child"A thoroughly engrossing and entertaining read.&#160;O&rsquo;Connor&rsquo;s meticulous attention to period detail and scrutiny of the upper classes and their shallow lives [is] reminiscent of Edith Wharton at her very best.&#160;It also makes us question whether women have ever really escaped from the censorious judgement of Victorian times."&mdash;Liz Nugent, author of Unraveling Oliver

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