About An Exaltation of Larks by Suanne Laqueur
New release: from the award-winning author of "The Fish Tales" comes a novel about emotional coups, second chances and the price of love. "An Exaltation of Larks" follows the crossing paths of Alex, a Chilean refugee who feels unworthy of survival; Val, his fiercely loyal wife, who has protected him since she was twelve; and Javier, a shrewd male escort who has no need of love and is loyal only to himself.
September 11, 1973: Eleven-year-old Alejandro Penda watches from his apartment window as Santiago, Chile falls to a military coup, destroying his family and his childhood. Arriving alone in America, he’s taken in by the Larks: a prominent family in the town of Guelisten. Though burdened by unresolved grief for his disappeared parents, he becomes fiercely loyal to the Larks, eventually marrying one of their daughters, Valerie.
September 11, 2001: Javier Landes watches from his apartment window as New York City falls to terrorism. As one of Manhattan’s top-paid male escorts, this professional lover has never lacked for company and is loyal only to himself. But in the wake of 9/11, Jav is named guardian for an orphaned nephew in Guelisten and must open his carefully-guarded heart to pain he's long suppressed.
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