Glimmer As You Can
Happy Saturday!! I’ve been ready for the weekend since Tuesday when our temps dropped and the snow arrived.
Later today my son is running at the State Cross Country meet and it’s currently 9 degrees with snow on the ground, so please send very warm vibes his way.
I’m currently hibernating and curling up in my favorite baggy sweatpants and fluffy blanket. This weekend’s #puppyandcurrentlyreading is brought to you by Kate...who is already 32 pounds! I’ve recently started Glimmer As You Can (pub 11/10) by Danielle Martin and I’ve enjoyed jumping back to Brooklyn, NY in the 60s as I get to explore the lives of three women from different walks of life. I’ve loved watching their friendships bloom and grow as they navigate and look to make their way in a man’s world.
𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Welcome to the Starlite. Let your true self shine.
1962. In the middle of Brooklyn Heights sits the Starlite: boutique dress shop by day, underground women's club by night. Started by the shop's proprietor after her marriage crumbled, Madeline's social club soon becomes a safe haven for women from all walks of life looking for a respite from their troubled relationships and professional frustrations. These after-hour soirées soon bring two very different women into Madeline's life--Elaine, a British ex-pat struggling to save her relationship, and Lisa, a young stewardess whose plans for the future are suddenly upended--irrevocably changing all three women's lives in ways no one could have predicted.
But when Madeline's ne'er-do-well ex-husband shows up again, the luster of Starlite quickly dampens. As the sisterhood rallies around Madeline, tension begins to eat at the club. When an unspeakable tragedy befalls their sorority, one woman must decide whether to hide the truth from the group or jeopardize her own hopes and dreams. Sure to appeal to readers of Kathleen Tessaro and Suzanne Rindell, Glimmer As You Can captures the heartbeat of an era and the ambitions of a generation of women living in a man's world--a world threatened by a wave of change.
