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It feels unreal that this book was written in the 1920’s when it feels as fresh as a cold martini (or in this case, highballs, of which many are drank throughout the novel). Others have likened it to a bygone era’s Sex and the City, and I think that’s a perfectly apt description. Witty, heartbreaking, and glamorous, encompassing the full range of emotions that a young woman goes through during the trials and tribulations that is love, life, and loss.
I personally like my books to have prose that’s a bit more flowery, but the rich descriptions of hats, dresses, and négligées is nothing short of lovely. I feel like I’m playing dress-up with the “most sensible ladies� of the time. I also loved how fashion was regarded in this book without the baggage and connotations that we place on it today. And, men knew what was en vogue, what suited someone, and had lovely and fitting compliments to go with these appraisals! I also enjoy seeing old compliments in general - “Your shoulders—would make a man forget every disillusionment he’d ever had�. Hilarious, incredible, obsessed.
The gossip and phrases that are thrown between the women of these book are a hoot and will you have feeling like you’re also having a post work scotch with the girls on the banister before dressing to go to a speakeasy. Nothing short of fabulous with a heartbreakingly real ending.
(Also adding that I came upon this book thanks to Alissa Bennett, who wrote the foreword for this McNally edition. I love her work, and I do feel cool that we are insta mutuals. Support your favorite writers!)