I love almost all of Deeanne Gist’s novels. This is another one that has connections to
the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. The
others that did that were It Happened at the Fair and Fair Play.
Flossie’s father has gambled away more money and now Flossie
won’t be able to continue taking her painting classes. She’s not willing to give up and decides to
become a Tiffany Girl and a New Woman.
She moves out, much to the chagrin of her parents, and moves into a
boardinghouse.
Reeve is the boarder next door. He finds Flossie to be an annoyance,
especially since she doesn’t know how to be quiet. With paper thin walls, he hears more than his
share of her conversations with her roommate.
He doesn’t agree with her becoming a New Woman, and since he’s a writer
for the newspaper, he has a platform to air his opinions.
Flossie’s an only child and has decided that the other
boarders are her new family. She spruces
up dinner times by arranging everyone’s seating and playing parlor games. She tries to draw out Reeve, but he resists
her attempts for as long as he can.
Eventually though, he finds some huge holes in the wall around his
heart, and she’s the one who put them there.
I really enjoyed this book and recommend it. Being on the prudish side, I was blushing a
little at the end, but there wasn’t anything I would consider
inappropriate. As usual, I loved the
author’s note at the end and there’s some really neat pictures in there that
add to the story. The cover is super
cute and I can see myself picking this book up even if I’d never read one of
this author’s books before.
The characters from the other books pop up, but you can read
any of them out of order and you’ll be fine.
Each is its own story, but each one is great and I recommend all of
them. Good Book!
*I received a copy of this book from Howard Books through
NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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