title: Freya: A Novel
author:  Anthony Quinn 
description: Praise for Anthony Quinn's <b><i>Freya</i></b><br /><br />"Freya is the very best type of heroine: smart, spirited and determined."<br />Christine Mangan, author of <i>Tangerine</i><br /><br />"Fantastic [...] [A] testament to women who fought for what they wanted in a time of little personal and professional autonomy. Clever dialogue [...] wonderfully captures the personalities, strengths, and weaknesses of major and minor characters alike."<br /><i>Publishers Weekly</i> <br /><br />"[A] fascinating, luminous story of a decades-long friendship between two women, interrogating gender roles and expectations with a masterly human touch."<br /><i>Entertainment Weekly<br /></i><br />"This falls great historical epic may be an import."<br /><i>New York</i> <i><i><br /><br /></i></i>[A] double bildungsroman set against a background of political and cultural upheavals.<i><i><br /></i></i><i><i>The New Yorker<br /><br /></i></i>With this three-dimensional portrait of his headstrong heroine, whose hard-gloss shell conceals a hard-fought vulnerability, Quinn achieves a distinct and unusual creation: a leading lady who is likable because of her unlikability.<br /><i>The New York Times</i><br /><br />Quinns devotion to his central character and his gift for bringing myriad scenes and situations to life make these pages a pleasure.<br /><i>The Boston Globe</i> <br /><br />"<i>Freya</i> is a nuanced work, combining exciting social history, and acute characterization."<br /><i>The Spectator</i><br /><br />"Freya and Nancy could use another volume; here's hoping."<br /><i>The Guardian</i><br /><br />"With its busy plot, its drinking and smoking, its crisp wit and contemporary soundtrack [...], Quinn's novel delivers evocative, high-quality entertainment that may well leave readers hoping for a sequel.<br /><i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (Starred Review) <br /><br />"Here is a modern woman to be celebrated in all her contradictions and complexity."<br /><i>The Evening Standard</i><br /><br /><br />Praise for <b>Anthony Quinn</b><br /><br />"Quinn is the literary equivalent of Houdini, a novelist who has a particular talent for absenting himself and letting his characters come to life."<br /><i>The Independent</i><br /><br />"Quinn brings the period in question vividly to life: his research is exemplary, and his subject absorbing."<br /><i>Observer<br /></i><br />"[Quinn] has a thrilling knack for turning familiar periods of history into something surprising and often shocking, and for making the fortunes and misfortunes of his characters matter."<br /><i>Evening Standard</i>
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  THE MAURA QUINN SERIES
  
  BOOK ONE
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
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  Embrace The Darkness
  
  Copyright © 2020 Ashley N. Rostek
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form
  or used in any manner without the written permission of the author, except for
  the use of brief quotations in a book review
  
  Edited by Alexandra Fresch
  
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  This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents are
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, organizations, events, or
  locals is purely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is dedicated to Alan, the love of my life. Without your sacrifice,
  constant support, and encouragement to keep writing, this dream would have
  never come true.
  
    
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  [CHAPTER 1](index_split_004.html#filepos6324)
  
  [CHAPTER 2](index_split_005.html#filepos32228)
  
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