Rose is a journalist for a web media company that we'll pretend isn't Gawker. She's living with her boyfriend, Griff, in an old New York City condo building called the Barbizon. After seeing an old woman wearing a hat with veil in the elevator of her building, she gets curious about the woman and starts to delve into the history of the building and it's elderly residents.
In 1952, Darby is brand new to NYC from the midwest. She's enrolled in secretarial college and is a new resident of the Barbizon Hotel, THE place for young ladies
This story follows them both, as Rose discovers the full story behind what happened to Darby and Esme, her latina jazz singing friend and jazz singer.
I enjoyed this book immensely, there was definitely a seedy element to the novel embedded in it's Mad Men-esque flair.
The two women's life seem to run on a parallel, as Rose's life falls into shambles, so does Darby's. The ending was lovely and wrapped up the story nicely. 4/5 stars.
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