Few girls can resist the coveted teal blue box box and white satin ribbon.
Maybe that’s one reason I gravitated to this month’s Book of the Month sitting there on the shelf at Target, or maybe it was the vintage photograph in the background. Whatever led me to reach out for Summer at Tiffany knew I was looking for the perfect balance of light-hearted laughter, girlish Summer fun, unforgettable history, and a series of life altering events.
In Summer at Tiffany - A Memoir by Marjorie Hart, the reader is taken back to the summer of 1945 and follows the journey of two college girls from Iowa in their first summer in New York City. With the approval and contributions of key players from that summer, Marjorie tells the story of her and her best friend, Marty, as they board the train from Iowa for a summer neither of them will ever forget.
“I’d never even worn earrings in my whole life.” – Marjorie
As the first female pages to ever work at the exclusive Tiffany & Co., Marjorie and Marty spend their summer at the greatest jewelry store to ever grace this fine Earth.
Midshipmen and Judy Garland, bourbon sniffing and a vodka daiquiri with a twist, Old Man Tiffany and Mr. Byoir, the Empire State Building and the End of WWII, a first love and a near heart attack, the Four Hundred and the Russian Tea Room, the Cafe Society and the nurse.
“The choices were staggering when you worked at Fifth Avenue and Fifty-seventh Street, the luxury corner of the world.” – Summer at Tiffany
In a truly entertaining and heart warming story, take a step back in time and see through the eyes of a young girl during one of the most pivotal summers in American History. Even after the summer tale is over, read through to the end of the book to catch up with Marjorie, Marty, Jim and the gang to see what’s happened in their lives since that summer nearly 60 years ago.
I laughed and I nearly cried, I got chill bumps and I gasped a time a two but more so I smiled as the tag line of the book never left my mind …
Do you remember the best summer of your life?
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For the rest of the summer you can find me {Between the Sheets} *…. look at the new button over to the right…. as I’m a member of A Little Summer Reading List put together by Rachel over at Little Girl, Shiny World. The first book – The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston – is … interesting … to say the least, but the author indeed has an incredible way of telling a story and creating imagery with his words. I’m definitely learning a lot (which I often do from reading other author’s works) and not just about different styles and techniques to add to my writer’s bag. I’m pushing through to try and stay caught up with the group, so I’ll let you know my over all review sometime soon.
Thanks, Rachel for putting the group and list together & for all of you readers out there, cruise on over to her site to check out the full list of madame bloggers participating in the Summer Reading List – you can find us on the right!
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