The Manhattan Girls
Book Feature - The Manhattan Girls by Gill Paul
HBL Note: I first featured Gill Paul on this blog when she published The Lost Daughter and then again when she published Jackie and Maria, a book I adored about the rivalry between Maria Callas and Jackie Kennedy over Aristotle Onassis (Read a preview of Jackie and Maria here.) I also featured The Collector’s Daughter by Gill Paul, so if it isn’t clear just yet, I’m a big fan of Gill’s work! But even if I wasn’t already a loyal reader of Gill Paul’s books, THE MANHATTAN GIRLS, her latest novel about Dorothy Parker and her friends would’ve piqued my interest with this one line: a 1920s version of Sex and the City. Stop right there, say no more, I’m hooked. Scroll down to read more about THE MANHATTAN GIRLS.
"In The Manhattan Girls, Gill Paul brings Dorothy Parker and her eclectic circle of friends roaring into life in a dazzling and daring novel... Oozing with passion and wit...this is a story for those who enjoy their novels with a side order of gin, jazz and sass. An absolute treat!" — Hazel Gaynor, New York Times bestselling author of When We Were Young & Brave
Book Feature - The Manhattan Girls by Gill Paul
Book Feature - The Manhattan Girls by Gill Paul
From the publisher:
NEW YORK CITY 1921: The war is over, fashions are daring, and bootleg liquor is abundant. Here four extraordinary women form a bridge group that grows into a firm friendship.
Dorothy Parker: renowned wit, member of the Algonquin Round Table, and more fragile than she seems. Jane Grant: first female reporter for the New York Times, and determined to launch a new magazine she calls The New Yorker. Winifred Lenihan: beautiful and talented Broadway actress, a casting-couch target. And Peggy Leech: magazine assistant by day, brilliant novelist by night.
Their romances flourish and falter while their goals sometimes seem impossible to reach and their friendship deepens against the backdrop of turbulent New York City, where new speakeasies open and close, jazz music flows through the air, and bathtub gin fills their glasses.
They gossip, they comfort each other, and they offer support through the setbacks. But their biggest challenge is keeping their dear friend Dottie safe from herself.
In this brilliant new novel from the bestselling and acclaimed author of Jackie and Maria and The Secret Wife, readers will fall right into Jazz Age New York and into the inner lives of these groundbreaking, influential women.
