The dollhouse: a novel
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Dutton, 2016.
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Book
Physical Desc:
289 pages ; 24 cm
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Description
"Fiona Davis's stunning debut novel pulls readers into the lush world of New York City's glamorous Barbizon Hotel for Women, where a generation of aspiring models, secretaries, and editors lived side-by-side while attempting to claw their way to fairy-tale success in the 1950s, and where a present-day journalist becomes consumed with uncovering a dark secret buried deep within the Barbizon's glitzy past. When she arrives at the famed Barbizon Hotel in 1952, secretarial school enrollment in hand, Darby McLaughlin is everything her modeling agency hall mates aren't: plain, self-conscious, homesick, and utterly convinced she doesn't belong--a notion the models do nothing to disabuse. Yet when Darby befriends Esme, a Barbizon maid, she's introduced to an entirely new side of New York City: seedy downtown jazz clubs where the music is as addictive as the heroin that's used there, the startling sounds of bebop, and even the possibility of romance. Over half a century later, the Barbizon's gone condo and most of its long-ago guests are forgotten. But rumors of Darby's involvement in a deadly skirmish with a hotel maid back in 1952 haunt the halls of the building as surely as the melancholy music that floats from the elderly woman's rent-controlled apartment. It's a combination too intoxicating for journalist Rose Lewin, Darby's upstairs neighbor, to resist--not to mention the perfect distraction from her own imploding personal life. Yet as Rose's obsession deepens, the ethics of her investigation become increasingly murky, and neither woman will remain unchanged when the shocking truth is finally revealed"--
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Bethany/Clark Adult Collection
FIC DAV
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Bill (LPL) Adult Fiction
F Davis
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Branford/Blackstone Adult Fiction
FIC.
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Durham Adult Fiction
FIC DAV
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East Lyme Public Adult Fiction
Davis, Fiona (Dollhouse)
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Essex Adult Fiction
DAVIS
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Guilford Adult Fiction
FIC DAVIS
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Hamden/Miller Adult Fiction
FIC/DAVIS
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Ivoryton Adult Fiction
F DAVIS
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Lyme Adult Fiction
FIC DAV
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Madison/Scranton Adult Fiction
F DAVIS
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Middlefield/Coe Adult Collection
FIC SUS Davis
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North Branford/Smith Adult Fiction
Fiction Davis
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North Haven Adult Fiction
Fiction Davis, Fiona
Due May 14, 2025
North Stonington/Wheeler Adult Fiction
FIC DAVIS [SEP 16]
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Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Fiction
F DAVIS
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Orange/Case Adult Fiction Book
Fiction Davis
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Preston Adult Fiction
F DAVIS, Fiona
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Stony Creek/Willoughby Wallace Adult Fiction
FIC DAV
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Wallingford Adult Fiction
DAVIS
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West Haven Louis Piantino Adult Fiction
FIC DAV
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West Haven Main Adult Fiction
FIC DAV
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Westbrook Adult Fiction
F DAV
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Woodbridge Adult Fiction
FIC DAVIS
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Unknown
ISBN:
9781101984994, 1101984996
Notes
Description
"Fiona Davis's stunning debut novel pulls readers into the lush world of New York City's glamorous Barbizon Hotel for Women, where a generation of aspiring models, secretaries, and editors lived side-by-side while attempting to claw their way to fairy-tale success in the 1950s, and where a present-day journalist becomes consumed with uncovering a dark secret buried deep within the Barbizon's glitzy past. When she arrives at the famed Barbizon Hotel in 1952, secretarial school enrollment in hand, Darby McLaughlin is everything her modeling agency hall mates aren't: plain, self-conscious, homesick, and utterly convinced she doesn't belong--a notion the models do nothing to disabuse. Yet when Darby befriends Esme, a Barbizon maid, she's introduced to an entirely new side of New York City: seedy downtown jazz clubs where the music is as addictive as the heroin that's used there, the startling sounds of bebop, and even the possibility of romance. Over half a century later, the Barbizon's gone condo and most of its long-ago guests are forgotten. But rumors of Darby's involvement in a deadly skirmish with a hotel maid back in 1952 haunt the halls of the building as surely as the melancholy music that floats from the elderly woman's rent-controlled apartment. It's a combination too intoxicating for journalist Rose Lewin, Darby's upstairs neighbor, to resist--not to mention the perfect distraction from her own imploding personal life. Yet as Rose's obsession deepens, the ethics of her investigation become increasingly murky, and neither woman will remain unchanged when the shocking truth is finally revealed"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Davis, F. (2016). The dollhouse: a novel. Dutton.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Davis, Fiona, 1966-. 2016. The Dollhouse: A Novel. Dutton.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Davis, Fiona, 1966-, The Dollhouse: A Novel. Dutton, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Davis, Fiona. The Dollhouse: A Novel. Dutton, 2016.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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