Title: The Dollhouse
Author: Fiona Davis
Publisher: Dutton
Publication Date: July 11, 2017
Pages:
Where to buy: Amazon
Stars: 5
Summary: 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 belong—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.
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 resist—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.
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 resist—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.
Review: I absolutely loved The Address, that I had to find out if she wrote any other novels.
When I found out that her first novel was this one, I had to read it. The
author just writes beautifully. I just adore how she combines the past and the
present. The two different tales go hand
in hand. You don’t get confused and its just so amazing how you get to read the
past as the past is being told in the future. You get first hand of what is happening, and then you get the
memories as they are being told. I would recommend this book to anyone. But
then again, I just love her novels. I look forward to reading her third novel
now.
-Victoria
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