{"product_id":"searching-for-grace-kelly-paperback","title":"Searching for Grace Kelly - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Callahan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A gem of a story\" (Laura Moriarty) about the famed Barbizon Hotel in which three spirited young women form an unlikely friendship and come of age in 1955 New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFor a small-town girl with big-city dreams, there is no address more glamorous than New York's Barbizon Hotel. Laura, a patrician beauty from Smith, arrives to work at \u003cem\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/em\u003e for the summer. Her hopelessly romantic roommate, Dolly, comes from a working-class upstate town to attend secretarial school. And then there's Vivian, a brash British bombshell with a disregard for the hotel's rules.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTogether, the girls embark on a journey of discovery that will take them from the penthouse apartments of Park Avenue to the Beat scene of Greenwich Village to Atlantic City's Steel Pier--and into the arms of very different men who will alter their lives forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis tale of big dreams, drop-dead glamour, and fragile hearts will have you turning pages late into the night. A timeless story inventively setat that midcentury moment in New York City when what it meant to be a woman began to change in ways great and small. Piper Kerman, author of \u003ci\u003eOrange Is the New Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A fascinating joyride through 1955 Manhattan, \u003ci\u003eSearching for Grace Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e of the world of the Barbizon.\" Lynn Cullen, author of \u003ci\u003eMrs. Poe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For a small-town girl with big-city dreams, there is no address more glamorous than New York s Barbizon Hotel. Laura, a patrician beauty from Smith, arrives to work at \u003ci\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/i\u003e for the summer. Her hopelessly romantic roommate, Dolly, comes from a working-class upstate town to attend secretarial school. Vivian, a brash British bombshell with a disregard for the hotel s rules, rounds out the trio of friends. Together, the girls embark on a journey of discovery that will take them from the penthouse apartments of Park Avenue to the Beat scene of Greenwich Village to Atlantic City s Steel Pier and into the arms of very different men who will alter their lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e \"Reading \u003ci\u003eSearching for Grace Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e is like watching your favorite old Hollywood movie, filled with colorful characters, funny moments, tender scenes, and plenty of intrigue.\" John Searles, author of \u003ci\u003eHelp for the Haunted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Callahan recreates the dazzle of New York in the 1950s, but he also captures something much more subtle and elusive: the feeling of the era, and the sense of how people thought about the world and each other. It's a pitch-perfect novel.\" Roberta Rich, author of \u003ci\u003eMidwife of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [INSERT AUTHOR PHOTO] Michael Callahan is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003eand a former deputy editor of \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e. This is his first novel.\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Callahan is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and a former deputy editor at \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e. His articles have been published in more than two dozen national magazines, including \u003ci\u003eMen's Health\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVibe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSearching for Grace Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.78 x 6.97 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 27, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758763409696,"sku":"9780544313545","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3c4b50bcc1db5675bf6d10d1204aaf77.webp?v=1780134845","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/searching-for-grace-kelly-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}