The Girls at the Kingfisher Club: A Novel

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club: A Novel

â€œDressed up in the thrill and sparkle of the Roaring Twenties, the classic fairy tale of â€˜The Twelve Dancing Princessesâ€™ has never been more engrossing or delightful. Valentineâ€™s fresh, original style and choice of setting make this a fairy tale reimagining not to be missedâ€ (Library Journal, starred review).

Jo, the firstborn, â€œThe Generalâ€ to her eleven sisters, is the only thing the Hamilton girls have in place of a mother. She is the one who taught them how to dance, the one who gives the signal each night, as they slip out of the confines of their fatherâ€™s Manhattan townhouse and into the cabs that will take them to the speakeasy. Together they elude their distant and controlling father, until the day he decides to marry them all off.

The girls, meanwhile, continue to dance, from Salon Renaud to the Swan and, finally, the Kingfisher, the club they've come to call home. They dance until one night when they are caught in a raid, separated, and Jo is thrust face-to-face with someone from her past: a bootlegger named Tom whom she hasnâ€™t seen in almost ten years. Suddenly Jo must balance not only the needs of her father and eleven sisters, but her own as well.

With The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, award-winning writer Genevieve Valentine takes her superb storytelling gifts to new heights, joining the leagues of such Jazz Age depicters as Amor Towles and Paula McLain, and penning a dazzling tale about love, sisterhood, and freedom.
Country USA
Brand Washington Square Press
Manufacturer Atria Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2015-06-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476739090

Country	USA
Brand	Washington Square Press
Manufacturer	Atria Books
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2015-06-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476739090

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club: A Novel

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