Lola

At eight in the morning, Lola finds her father asleep beside a spluttering lamp, with broken glass and wire at his feet. He wakes certain that his years of experiments have finally brought him a discovery that will make them rich.

In their New York home, Lola has spent years caring for her widowed father, Doctor Barnhelm, and sharing his scholarly dreams. But his latest breakthrough is not the only news at breakfast: a letter reveals that John Dorris wants to marry her. Lola’s affection for her father is deep, and his hopes for their future are suddenly tangled with the life she may choose for herself. As the Doctor wonders aloud why love must arrive just when his work is ready to change everything, Lola must face a question neither of them can avoid: what will her father’s discovery—and her own heart—ask her to sacrifice?

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