The Dollhouse: A Novel

The Dollhouse: A Novel

"Rich both in twists and period detail, this tale of big-city ambition is impossible to put down."Â â€”People
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Fiona Davis's stunning debut novel pulls readers into the lush world of New York City's glamorous Barbizon Hotel for Women, where in the 1950's a generation of aspiring models, secretaries, and editors lived side-by-side while attempting to claw their way to fairy-tale success, and where a present-day journalist becomes consumed with uncovering a dark secret buried deep within the Barbizon's glitzy past.
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When she arrives at the famed Barbizon Hotel in 1952, secretarial school enrollment in hand, Darby McLaughlin is everything her modeling agency hall mates aren't: plain, self-conscious, homesick, and utterly convinced she doesn't belongâ€”a notion the models do nothing to disabuse. Yet when Darby befriends Esme, a Barbizon maid, she's introduced to an entirely new side of New York City: seedy downtown jazz clubs where the music is as addictive as the heroin that's used there, the startling sounds of bebop, and even the possibility of romance.
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Over half a century later, the Barbizon's gone condo and most of its long-ago guests are forgotten. But rumors of Darby's involvement in a deadly skirmish with a hotel maid back in 1952 haunt the halls of the building as surely as the melancholy music that floats from the elderly woman's rent-controlled apartment. It's a combination too intoxicating for journalist Rose Lewin, Darby's upstairs neighbor, to resistâ€”not to mention the perfect distraction from her own imploding personal life. Yet as Rose's obsession deepens, the ethics of her investigation become increasingly murky, and neither woman will remain unchanged when the shocking truth is finally revealed.

From the Hardcover edition.

Country	USA
Author	Fiona Davis
Binding	Audio CD
EAN	9781524703141
Edition	Unabridged
ISBN	1524703141
Label	Penguin Audio
Manufacturer	Penguin Audio
NumberOfItems	8
PublicationDate	2016-08-23
Publisher	Penguin Audio
ReleaseDate	2016-08-23
Studio	Penguin Audio

The Dollhouse: A Novel

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