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The Dollhouse
by Fiona Davis
I enjoyed learning about the Barbizon Hotel and the people who lived there in the 1950s. Darby is a transplant from Ohio who is going to secretarial school. The hotel is divided into those who are working at modeling agencies and those who are going to school. But when they run out of room, Darby is placed with the models. She feels out of her element and connects with the elevator girl/maid/hatcheck girl Esme. Esme shows Darby a new world in New York.
Our journalist main character Rose from 2016 is seeing a man with political aspirations who lives at the renovated Barbizon Hotel, and she gave up her high-powered career to work at an upstart...until he proposes. But when their trajectory changes, she's now homeless and trying to find her place in the world.
We go back and forth in time between Darby and Rose. While this was a good story, I wouldn't call it captivating. The plot and characters were fine enough, but what I thought stood out was the 1950s setting. This is my second Fiona Davis novel, and I do have others of her that I want to read. I had heard so many good things that I was likely a bit underwhelmed by this one, but maybe her others will be more captivating.
Our journalist main character Rose from 2016 is seeing a man with political aspirations who lives at the renovated Barbizon Hotel, and she gave up her high-powered career to work at an upstart...until he proposes. But when their trajectory changes, she's now homeless and trying to find her place in the world.
We go back and forth in time between Darby and Rose. While this was a good story, I wouldn't call it captivating. The plot and characters were fine enough, but what I thought stood out was the 1950s setting. This is my second Fiona Davis novel, and I do have others of her that I want to read. I had heard so many good things that I was likely a bit underwhelmed by this one, but maybe her others will be more captivating.