A special thank you to Edelweiss and Penguin Publishing Group for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Single girl, Alice Weiss, leaves her small Midwestern town for the glitz and glamour of New York City. She lands a job with Cosmopolitan Magazine as the assistant to their bold and sassy new Edi...
Leeba lived in the Jewish section of Chicago, had an ear for music, and worked in a music store.Outside the music store Leeba heard Red Dupree playing his guitar and became fascinated with him. Many musicians played on the streets of Chicago trying to be discovered, but Red was different, and Leeba...
Windy City Blues by Renée Rosen takes us to the birth of the Chicago Blues to during the 1940s through the 1960s . This story follows the history of Chess Records. The premise of the book and the historical background setup for a fascinating story. The book, however, scatters its focus with too many...
Once again, I let a pretty cover sucker me in. This book just didn't work for me on any level. It somewhat reminded me of a chocolate Easter bunny: it looks delicious and filling on the outside, but once you bite into it, you find out it's hollow. The characterization was flat and relied on clic...
By: Renee Rosen ISBN: 9780451474971 Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP Publication Date: 11/3/2015 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars A special thank you to Penguin and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. From the author of Dollface and What the Lady Wants, Renee Rosen delivers the ...
A family of journalists, stolen bylines. struggling women reporters in the 1950's, and Chicago.WHITE COLLAR GIRL takes us into the world of journalism and news reporting as we are introduced to the Walshes who are generation after generation of journalists.The elder Walshes definitely have tal...
If you're as fascinated by historical fiction that delves into the woman behind the man as I am, then this story about Delia Spencer Caton Field, the woman Marshall Field loved and the scandal that their relationship caused, is just right for you. Read my review of this book here. https://tcl-bookre...
White Collar Girl by Renée Rosen is in part a period piece of 1950s-1960s Chicago. At the same time, the themes of the book are universal. The struggle of independent women pursuing careers in traditionally male-dominated fields continues even today. The struggle to find work-life balance continues ...
5 Stars! #WhiteCollarGirl @penguinusa @reneerosen I really liked this book. A book about a girl in the 1950's who wants to tread up the ladder to no woman's land and be a journalist.She takes a lot of knocks, abuse and harassment, but she is determined.This was another book that I just could not ...
Glamor, glitter, love, shopping, and famous names thrown around...what fun it was reading WHAT THE LADY WANTS.WHAT THE LADY WANTS is set in Chicago during the 1800's when retail stores and innovations were beginning to surface. Famous industrialists such as Pullman, McCormick, Potter, Swift, Field,...
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