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Glimmer as You Can
Glimmer as You Can | Danielle Martin
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"A timely and beautiful story of female friendship and strength." --Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author of The Queen's Fortune "Martin defty and exquisitely captures this historical moment." --Jillian Cantor, USA Today bestselling author of In Another TimeIn the glitz and glamor tradition of Beatriz Williams's Tiny Little Thing and Fiona Davis's The Chelsea Girls, Danielle Martin's debut is "a love letter to...women" (Greer Macallister, The Magician's Lie) that illustrates the courage of women and the strength of sisterhood. 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.
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Glimmer as You Can | Danielle Martin
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In 1962, a dress shop owner and ex-wife of a councilman starts an after hours social club of women, who share their issues with work and men. A tragedy threatens the future of the club. I liked the insight into a different time where women were treated so wrong in their relationships and careers. It gives me hope that we have overcome some of the issues, but it also shows how much more work we have to do for gender equality.

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A beautiful work of women's historical fiction set in Brooklyn heights, 1962. 3 friends.. Lisa who is a flight attendant for Pan Am, Elaine who lives with her alcoholic fiance who eventually drinks himself to death shortly after Elaine gets a job as a fact checker at The Chronicle. And Madeline, divorced from a city councilman, boutique owner & seamstress by day, organizer and host of a women's social club by night. 3 women ... Cont in comments...

TheHeartlandBookFairy 3 women trying to find their way and find themselves in a men's world. Three women trying to break free from the expectations of others so that they may "Glimmer" as they can. 4y
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The magic and energy of Madeline‘s Starlite social club will sweep you away, making you wish you could join in the fun with these lively ladies if even for just one spirited night!

*A big thank you to Danielle Martin, Alcove Press, and NetGalley for providing this free Advance Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review.*

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