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In 1952, Darby McLaughlin decides to leave her home to enroll in
secretary school in New York City. She arrives at the Barbizon Hotel and
realizes that she is surrounded by beautiful women. While she considers
herself to be very plain looking. Darby becomes homesick and falls
prey into her roommates' cruelty. When she befriends Esme, a maid at the
hotel, she is exposed to a different side of New York City. Esme takes
Darby to downtown jazz clubs, where the music causes Darby to feel
things she keeps bottled up.
Half a century later, the
Barbizon hotel is converted into condos. However, the infamous incident
involving a hotel maid falling to her death still taints the hotel's
history. When Darby crosses path with journalist Rose Lewin, Rose
becomes obsessed
with finding out about Darby's past. Rose welcomes this distraction as
her personal life starts to fall apart. As Rose digs deeper into Darby's
past her true motives become muddle with her search of the truth.
I
have read "The Address" and enjoyed it. The book was well written and
the premise was interesting. However, I thought the plot was a bit dull
and found that some of the characters to be very basic. As a person who
went through a recent heartbreak, I couldn't picture myself simply
falling for a new person in less than a week. It took time to mourn and even understand what exactly went wrong. While this book was disappointing, I am looking forward to reading other books by the author.
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