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The Glittering Hour
by Iona Grey
I can't begin to put into words how much I loved reading this book. I cried through the entire end though (which I savoured for three days). The way Iona Grey writes invites you into the story and paints amazingly vivid images of 1920s parties and all the emotions. This is one of my new favourite books.
Here are some spoiler free bits to show you how beautifully she writes: "There was a streetlamp outside the window. Its yellow light filtered through the grime, past the undrawn curtains, and striped the pictures on the walls."
"The first cocktail of the day had revived her, like water on a parched plant, and each successive drink had made her stronger and more certain, dissolving her ennui and the existential doubts that beset her during the sober hours of the afternoon. Above the starched collar and black silk bow tie her elfin face was animated, the dark circles beneath her eyes disguised with face powder. She sparkled, once more the aristocratic beauty who so bewitched the newspapers and dominated their society columns." I'm in love!
Here are some spoiler free bits to show you how beautifully she writes: "There was a streetlamp outside the window. Its yellow light filtered through the grime, past the undrawn curtains, and striped the pictures on the walls."
"The first cocktail of the day had revived her, like water on a parched plant, and each successive drink had made her stronger and more certain, dissolving her ennui and the existential doubts that beset her during the sober hours of the afternoon. Above the starched collar and black silk bow tie her elfin face was animated, the dark circles beneath her eyes disguised with face powder. She sparkled, once more the aristocratic beauty who so bewitched the newspapers and dominated their society columns." I'm in love!