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Summer at Tiffany - Marjorie Hart
Summer at Tiffany
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New York City, 1945. Marjorie Jacobson and her best friend, Marty Garrett, arrive fresh from the Kappa house at the University of Iowa hoping to find summer positions as shopgirls. Turned away from the top department stores, they miraculously find jobs as pages at Tiffany & Co., becoming the... show more
New York City, 1945. Marjorie Jacobson and her best friend, Marty Garrett, arrive fresh from the Kappa house at the University of Iowa hoping to find summer positions as shopgirls. Turned away from the top department stores, they miraculously find jobs as pages at Tiffany & Co., becoming the first women to ever work on the sales floor, a diamond-filled day job replete with Tiffany-blue shirtwaist dresses from Bonwit Teller's—and the envy of all their friends. Looking back on that magical time in her life, Marjorie takes us back to when she and Marty rubbed elbows with the rich and famous, pinched pennies to eat at the Automat, experienced nightlife at La Martinique, and danced away their weekends with dashing midshipmen. Between being dazzled by Judy Garland's honeymoon visit to Tiffany, celebrating VJ Day in Times Square, and mingling with CafÉ society, she fell in love, learned unforgettable lessons, made important decisions that would change her future, and created the remarkable memories she now shares with all of us.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780061189531 (0061189537)
ASIN: 61189537
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages no: 290
Edition language: English
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EpicFehlReader
EpicFehlReader rated it
4.0 Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart
Do you remember the best summer of your life? New York City, 1945. Marjorie Jacobson and her best friend, Marty Garrett, arrive fresh from the Kappa house at the University of Iowa hoping to find summer positions as shopgirls. Turned away from the top department stores, they miraculously find jobs a...
Bluebird
Bluebird rated it
4.0 Summer at Tiffany
This is a sweet memoir of a young, naive Iowa college girl and her best friend going to the “big” city in the summer of 1945. The detailed descriptions of the sights and sounds of the city painted an authentic picture of New York City near the end of WWII. I felt I joined Marjorie and Marty as t...
Bashara Likes Books
Bashara Likes Books rated it
4.0
I absolutely loved this – devoured it in about three days. For me it was a charming little time capsule of a book. Fair warning though – this is not a thrill a minute page turner. It’s an earnest and sweet account of one girl’s unforgettable summer in New York City – working at Tiffany for $20 a w...
Melody Murray's Books
Melody Murray's Books rated it
4.0 Summer at Tiffany
A gentle, sweet memoir about the summer of 1945 when Hart and her best friend became the first female floor employees at Tiffany in New York. So nostalgic and warm, full of beautiful girls, glamourous movie stars and doomed soldiers. Highly recommended.
debnance
debnance rated it
3.0 Summer at Tiffany
Summer at Tiffany is Marjorie Hart’s story of the greatest summer of her life, the summer of 1945, when she and a friend traveled to New York City and worked for twelve weeks at Tiffany. Marjorie’s story is full of the joy and wonder she felt while being in the big city.
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