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The Magnolia Palace
by Fiona Davis
This is my first Fiona Davis book! Shocker since I love historical fiction. This book images that caught in a scandal, Angelica/Lillian, the first supermodel, ends up as a private secretary for spoiled Helen Frick. In the 1960s, Veronica is a model on her first shoot for Vogue at the Frick Collection when she accidentally gets locked in the museum.
What I liked: I liked Lillian and it was interesting reading about the real first supermodel, Audrey Munson, in the author’s note. This book makes me want to tour the Frick Collection and see Audrey’s statues throughout NYC.
Veronica makes some really questionable decisions throughout but Davis does a good job of showing the reader why she makes these decisions. I liked how Helen’s life is affected by Martha and Veronica by her sister, Polly.
I flew through this book because I was curious how the storylines would intertwine and what happens to Lillian, Helen and Veronica.
What didn’t work for me: The end is a little too neat for my liking. After 50 years, a lost diamond is found, a mystery solved and everyone lives happily ever after. Davis also breezes over the ramifications of an interracial relationship in the 1960s.
I didn’t feel the romances in the book were very well developed. They seemed more convenient than passionate.
Who should read it: this reads a little like a mystery and the history was interesting. I really liked both storylines (which for me is rare in dual pov). Fans of early 1900s New York City check this one out.
Thank you Dutton for my gifted copy.
What I liked: I liked Lillian and it was interesting reading about the real first supermodel, Audrey Munson, in the author’s note. This book makes me want to tour the Frick Collection and see Audrey’s statues throughout NYC.
Veronica makes some really questionable decisions throughout but Davis does a good job of showing the reader why she makes these decisions. I liked how Helen’s life is affected by Martha and Veronica by her sister, Polly.
I flew through this book because I was curious how the storylines would intertwine and what happens to Lillian, Helen and Veronica.
What didn’t work for me: The end is a little too neat for my liking. After 50 years, a lost diamond is found, a mystery solved and everyone lives happily ever after. Davis also breezes over the ramifications of an interracial relationship in the 1960s.
I didn’t feel the romances in the book were very well developed. They seemed more convenient than passionate.
Who should read it: this reads a little like a mystery and the history was interesting. I really liked both storylines (which for me is rare in dual pov). Fans of early 1900s New York City check this one out.
Thank you Dutton for my gifted copy.