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Book SynopsisFor a small-town girl with big dreams in 1955, there is no address more desirable than New York''s Barbizon Hotel - the place where Grace Kelly lived when she first came to the big city.
Laura is an aristocratic beauty from Connecticut who arrives with a magazine internship and dreams of becoming a writer
Dolly is a hopeless romantic working the secretarial pool and looking to be swept off her feet
Vivian is a red-headed British bombshell who yearns to make it as a singer while working nights as a cigarette girl
Perfect for fans of Mad Men, The Best of Everything and The Paris Wife, this is a novel filled to the brim with glamour, following the lives of three women as they are lured into the exhilarating, dazzling world of New York City and embark on a journey that will alter their lives for ever.
Trade ReviewCallahan has managed to capture a
thrilling side of
vintage New York that still speaks to us today * Stylist *
An
engaging, nostalgic read brimming with
tragedy, romance and
glamour * Candis *
A wonderful champagne bubble of a book -
glamorous, aspirational, and relatable! The fifties never seemed so fun! Wicked, naughty and clever. * Melissa de la Cruz *
Deliciously stylish.
Callahan suavely combines literary finesse and pulp fiction to create a
fast-moving, heartwrenching tale of romance and tragedy in a time of tyrannically sexist social conventions. * Booklist *
This tale of big dreams, drop-dead glamour and fragile hearts will have you turning pages late into the night...
Suspenseful, sharp and romantic, I loved every minute of it. * Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black *
A light and frothy anecdote to
Mad Men withdrawal symptoms * The Lady *
