The incredibly talented, wise, and patient Alvina Ling, editor extraordinaire, and the also talented and wonderful Bethany Strout and Nikki Garcia. You are the Charlie’s Angels of Editorial. Boo-ya.
The hardworking LBYR team: Megan Tingley, Andrew Smith, Melanie Chang, Lisa Moraleda, Hallie Patterson, Victoria Stapleton, Jenny Choy, Emilie Polster, Stefanie Hoffman, Adrian Palacios, Tina McIntyre, and Barbara Bakowski. “And ya don’t stop.”
Wizard designer Maggie Edkins for the spooky, atmospheric book jacket.
The incredible, laser-eyed copyediting/proofreading/fact-checking team: JoAnna Kremer, Christine Ma, and Norma Jean Garriton, respectively. They probably all have PTSD now.
Agent Barry Goldblatt, who deserves some kind of medal for patience and bravery at this point in our long collaboration. Josh Goldblatt—thanks for the manga and anime breaks and for explaining to people, “My mom’s not crazy; she’s just on deadline.”
Heroic assistant Tricia Ready for keeping the ship upright and for the research help, read-throughs, and reminders to grab my keys on the way out. Researcher Lisa Gold, who is true to her name and who doesn’t flinch at my midnight e-mails. Bill Zeffiro, for the music info and the quick wit.
The Lovely & Amazing Writing Group—the Spanx of good friends (total support): Pam Carden, Brenda Cowan, Anna Funder, Michelle Hodkin, Cheryl Levine, David Levithan, Emily Lockhart, Dan Poblocki, Nova Ren Suma, Robin Wasserman, and Justin Weinberger. I love you guys. And Laurie Allee and Gayle Forman for all of that, plus saving me many times over. xo
The Brooklyn Tuesday Night Writing Workshop: Emma Bailey, Michelle Hodkin, Ben Jones, Kim Liggett, Julia Morris, Susanna Schrobsdorff, Nova Ren Suma, and Aaron Zimmerman.
The “Away” Team: Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Jo Knowles, and Kelly Link. And the Fourth of July BBQ Brainstorm Trust: Theo Black, Elka Cloke, Chris Cotter, Eric Churchill, Holly Rowland, Jeffrey Rowland, Emily Seville Lauer, and Josh Lewis. And Kat Howard, for her critiquing service above and beyond.
The Superhero Librarians Club (“Can we find it? Yes, we can!”): Karyn Silverman, Jennifer Hubert Swan, and Sara Ryan.
This book was written in many NYC & Brooklyn cafés: Thanks to the delightful staff at Think Coffee, Four & Twenty Blackbirds, Southside Coffee, and the late, great Red Horse Café, RIP. Thanks, too, to the Brooklyn Writers Space.
Finally, this book could not have been written without the many wonderful, knowledgeable people who kindly gave of their time and expertise. Their guidance was invaluable, and any mistakes, inaccuracies, or willful jazz riffs on factual information are strictly the fault of the author. Thank you a thousandfold to the Museum of Chinese in America, New York City, and to Yue Ma, associate director of collections; Samantha Chin-Wolner, collections assistant; and Kevin Chu, collections and digital archives assistant, at the MOCA archives. Thank you, Professor Shirley J. Yee, Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (specializing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries), the University of Washington. Thank you, Zhen Wang Luo and Gabe Law, for the information on Chinese funeral customs. Thank you, Bryan Berlanger, director, National Capital Radio and Television Museum, Bowie, Maryland. Thank you, Carey Stumm and Brett Dion at the New York Transit Authority Archives. Thank you to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library. Thank you, Steve Duncan, badass urban explorer and historian, for gleefully detailing the various ways one could be maimed, killed, or arrested running around in NYC’s miles of rat-infested subway tunnels. Yeah, I’m good topside, thanks.
Contents
COVER
TITLE PAGE
WELCOME
DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
PART ONE DAY ONE THE CITY UNDER THE CITY
DAY SIX SPEAKING TO THE DEAD
THE SWEETHEART SEER
THE TIPPY-TOP OF THE WORLD
BAD DREAMS
RED DRESS
DAY SEVEN THE MORNING SUN
WE MAKE OUR OWN LUCK
THE DEVIL’S BUSINESS
TIN PAN ALLEY
DREAM WITH ME
PULLING RABBITS OUT OF HATS
A STUPID MISTAKE
THE LAIR OF DREAMS
THE RED RIVER
KEEPING OUT THE DEAD
DAY EIGHT A FINE ROMANCE
EVERYTHING SEEMED NEW AND HOPEFUL
OUR MOST IMPORTANT WORK
GHOSTS
THE “IT” COUPLE
SONS OF LIBERTY
DAY NINE A NEW AMERICA
DREAMS CAN’T GET YOU
WATCHING THE LIGHT
ANOTHER COUNTRY
WE CAN MAKE EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL
DAY TEN BEWARE, BEWARE
THE DOG AND PONY SHOW
TELLING FORTUNES
GIFTS
BEACH’S PNEUMATIC
EYES ON THE SKY
DREAMS WERE EVERYWHERE
SMALL’S PARADISE
PART TWO A CITY OF SIX MILLION DREAMS
DAY SEVENTEEN A RETURN ADDRESS
FUNNY FEELINGS
FAVORS AND MIRACLES
A PERFECTLY DECENT GIRL
THE TIPPING POINT
EUREKA
DAY EIGHTEEN THE TINY UNIVERSE
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
OBJECTS DON’T LIE
AND DO THEY DREAM?
DAY NINETEEN PROMETHEUS
THE GOLDEN BOY
ONCE UPON A TIME
THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS
THE GREEN LIGHT
DAY TWENTY ANTHONY ORANGE CROSS
ENOUGH TO SAVE US
DIVINER AND DIVINER
WAKING UP
THE SHADOW MEN
THE LAST DAY MULBERRY BEND
THE THREE-TEN FROM NEW ORLEANS
THE ACE OF SPADES
THE WOLF AMONG US
NOT SAFE ANYWHERE
THE PARTY GOES ON
FORGET
KNOWING
THE FOLLY OF DREAMS
A TERRIBLE WAY TO DIE
MORNING GLORIES
THE OPIATE FUTILITY OF HOPE
TERRIBLE ANGELS COME TO EARTH
A NEW START
THE HOME OF THE FREE AND THE BRAVE
AUTHOR’S NOTE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2015 by Martha E. Bray
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First ebook edition: August 2015
ISBN 978-0-316-36488-1
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