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“Scott had learned much about girls when he was courting Zelda: the paradoxical mix of dependency and disdain she felt for her own beauty, the small tragedies and triumphs of her teenage life. In transferring these nuances to Rosalind, he became one of the first writers in post-war America to evoke a complex, modern heroine.”
Judith Mackrell, Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation

Kate Morton
“Girls had changed. They had liberated themselves from their corsets only to throw themselves at the tyranny of the "diet plan." They were all coltish legs, bound chests and smooth scalps. They no longer whispered behind their hands and hid behind shy glances. They joked and drank, smoked and swore with the boys. Waistlines had slipped, fabrics were thin and morals were thinner.”
Kate Morton, The House at Riverton

“Right away I fell in love with him because he was so good looking. And because he was alone with ten women around him”
Judith Mackrell, Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation

“And when the mood took her to fall for the handsome young lawyer Will Bankhead, she happily threw over the man to whom she was already engaged.”
Judith Mackrell, Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation

“You could make people love you, she discovered, by keeping them entertained.”
Judith Mackrell, Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation

Karen  Holmes
“Cuando acab贸 la canci贸n, Summer se levant贸 y salud贸 con una reverencia. Se oyeron algunos aplausos aislados y despu茅s todos volvieron a sus conversaciones. El camarero se acerc贸 restreg谩ndose las manos con el trapo.
鈥斅縔a has tenido bastante?
Summer asinti贸.
鈥擲iempre quise ser una flapper 鈥攄ijo en tono tr谩gico.
El camarero sonri贸 y de detr谩s de la barra sac贸 un collar largo de perlas y se lo ofreci贸.
鈥擠iplomada en flapper. Ahora, por favor, deja que cure mi resaca sin tanto ruido.
Summer levant贸 el vaso de ginebra en alto a modo de saludo y le tendi贸 la mano.”
Karen Holmes, 脫palo y Estramonio: La magia de las piedras en una fantas铆a urbana de #Horizonte (Susurros de Piedra n潞 2)