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A review by cathylpowell
The Manhattan Girls by Gill Paul
5.0
A 1920s Sex and the City featuring Dorothy Parker and her three friends:
Jane Grant, first female reporter for The New York Times, who is determined to launch a new magazine.
Winifred Lenihan, Broadway actress; beautiful, talented, and a casting-couch target.
Peggy Leech, magazine assistant by day, brilliant novelist by night.
It is hard to know where to start. In a way I wanted to read it quickly because I was enjoying the story so much. But instead I didn’t. I savoured the book and learning about the various women and the adventures that they had.
All four of them go through difficult times, but Paul brings the period and these most interesting women to life. I loved it.
If you are interested in this period, I would urge you to read it.
Jane Grant, first female reporter for The New York Times, who is determined to launch a new magazine.
Winifred Lenihan, Broadway actress; beautiful, talented, and a casting-couch target.
Peggy Leech, magazine assistant by day, brilliant novelist by night.
It is hard to know where to start. In a way I wanted to read it quickly because I was enjoying the story so much. But instead I didn’t. I savoured the book and learning about the various women and the adventures that they had.
All four of them go through difficult times, but Paul brings the period and these most interesting women to life. I loved it.
If you are interested in this period, I would urge you to read it.