Renée Rosen

América en los años veinte era un país lleno de vida; con la salvaje diversión del Jazz, los bares clandestinos y un nuevo tipo de mujer: las flappers. Vera Abramowitz está decidida a dejar su delic

Leeba doesnt exactly fit in, but her passion for music is not lost on her neighbor, Leonard Chess, who offers her a job at his new record company. What begins as answering phones and filing becomes much more as Leeba comes into her own as a songwriter and befriends performers like Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Chuck Berry and Etta James. But she also finds love with a black blues guitarist named Red Dupree.With their relationship unwelcome in segregated Chicago and the two of them shunned by Leebas Orthodox Jewish family, Leeba and Red soon find themselves in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement and they discover that, in times of struggle, music can bring people together.

Dans le New York de 1965, une jeune provinciale s apprªte á participer á la révolution de la presse féminine,

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Après Pa rk Avenue Summer, Renée Rosen nous offre un nouveau roman inspiré de faits réels, une plongée dans une époque fascinante de lhistoire de New York à travers la redécouverte de deux figures in

Dans le New York des années 1930, le fabuleux destin dune jeune femme qui allait révolutionner lunivers de la beauté : Estée Lauder. Une épopée romanesque et féministe, un vrai bijou de lecture.New York, lendroit parfait pour se faire oublier. Cest en tout cas lespoir de la jeune Gloria qui fuit un scandale familial devastateur. Prete a se reinventer, il ne lui manque plus quune nouvelle amie pour laccompagner dans la ville de tous les possibles. Cest alors quelle va trouver sur sa route la tres idealiste Estee...Estee est avide de succes. Un jour, son nom sera aussi celebre que celui dElizabeth Arden, dHelena Rubinstein ou de Revlon. Ni une ni deux, voici Gloria embarquee dans la folle ambition dEstee. Entre debrouillardise et perseverance, grandes aspirations et (nombreuses) deconvenues, les deux amies vont se decouvrir des ressources insoupçonnees.Mais dans une societe ouvertement hostile aux femmes de pouvoir, le prix a payer pour reussir est exorbitant...

Dans le New York des années 1930, le fabuleux destin dune jeune femme qui allait révolutionner lunivers de la beauté : Estée Lauder. Une épopée romanesque et féministe, un vrai bijou de lecture. New York, lendroit parfait pour se faire oublier. Cest en tout cas lespoir de la jeune Gloria qui fuit un scandale familial devastateur. Prete a se reinventer, il ne lui manque plus quune nouvelle amie pour laccompagner dans la ville de tous les possibles. Cest alors quelle va trouver sur sa route la tres idealiste Estee...Estee est avide de succes. Un jour, son nom sera aussi celebre que celui dElizabeth Arden, dHelena Rubinstein ou de Revlon. Ni une ni deux, voici Gloria embarquee dans la folle ambition dEstee. Entre debrouillardise et perseverance, grandes aspirations et (nombreuses) deconvenues, les deux amies vont se decouvrir des ressources insoupçonnees.Mais dans une societe ouvertement hostile aux femmes de pouvoir, le prix a payer pour reussir est exorbitant...

THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER ∙ She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold novel by USA Today bestselling author Renée Rosen.As featured in The

In late-nineteenth-century Chicago, visionary retail tycoon Marshall Field made his fortune wooing women customers with his famous motto: Give the lady what she wants. His legendary charm also won the heart of socialite Delia Spencer and led to an infamous love affair. The night of the Great Fire, as seventeen-year-old Delia watches the flames rise and consume what was the pioneer town of Chicago, she cant imagine how much her life, her city, and her whole world are about to change. Nor can she guess that the agent of that change will not simply be the fire, but more so the man she meets that night...Leading the way in rebuilding after the fire, Marshall Field reopens his well-known dry goods store and transforms it into something the world has never seen before: a glamorous palace of a department store. He and his powerhouse coterieincluding Potter Palmer and George Pullmanusher in the age of robber barons, the American royalty of their generation.But behind the opulence, their private lives are riddled with scandal and heartbreak. Delia and Marshall first turn to each other out of loneliness, but as their love deepens, they will stand together despite disgrace and ostracism, through an age of devastation and opportunity, when an adolescent Chicago is transformed into the gleaming White City of the Chicagos Worlds Fair of 1893.

The USA Today Bestseller!Named one of 2021s Most Anticipated Historical Novels by Oprah Daily SheReads Frolic BookReporter and more...The author of Park Avenue Summer throws back the curtain on one of the most remarkable feuds in history: Alva Vanderbilt and the Mrs. Astors notorious battle for control of New York society during the Gilded Age.1876. In the glittering world of Manhattans upper crust, women are valued by their pedigree, dowry, and, most importantly, connections. They have few rights and even less independencewhat they do have is society. The more celebrated the hostess, the more powerful the woman. And none is more powerful than Caroline Astorthe Mrs. Astor. But times are changing.Alva Vanderbilt has recently married into one of Americas richest families. But what good is dizzying wealth when society refuses to acknowledge you? Alva, who knows what it is to have nothing, will do whatever it takes to have everything.Sweeping three decades and based on true events, this is the mesmerizing story of two fascinating, complicated women going head to head, behaving badly, and discovering whats truly at stake.

It’s 1938, and a young woman selling face cream out of a New York City beauty parlor is determined to prove she can have it all. Her name is Estée Lauder, and she’s about to take the world by storm,

Mad Men meets The Devil Wears Prada, which might as well be saying put me in your cart immediately.PopSugar Its 1965 and Cosmopolitan magazines brazen new editor in chiefHelen Gurley Brownshocks America and saves a dying publication by daring to talk to women about all things off-limits...New York City is filled with opportunities for single girls like Alice Weiss, who leaves her small Midwestern town to chase her big-city dreams and unexpectedly lands a job working for the first female editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown. For Alice, who wants to be a photographer, it seems like the perfect foot in the door, but nothing could have prepared her for the world she enters. Editors and writers resign on the spot, refusing to work for the woman who wrote the scandalous bestseller Sex and the Single Girl, and confidential memos, article ideas, and cover designs keep finding their way into the wrong hands. When someone tries to pull Alice into a scheme to sabotage her boss, she is more determined than ever to help Helen succeed. While pressure mounts at the magazine, Alice struggles not to lose sight of her own dreams as shes swept up into a glamorous world of five-star dinners, lavish parties, and men who are certainly no good. Because if Helen Gurley Brown has taught her anything, its that a woman can demand to have it all.

America in the 1920s was a country alive with the wild fun of jazz, speakeasies, and a new kind of womanthe flapper.Vera Abramowitz is determined to leave her gritty childhood behind and live a more exciting life, one that her mother never dreamed of. Bobbing her hair and showing her knees, the lipsticked beauty dazzles, doing the Charleston in nightclubs and earning the nickname Dollface. As the ultimate flapper, Vera captures the attention of two high rollers, a handsome nightclub owner and a sexy gambler. On their arms, she gains entree into a world filled with bootleg bourbon, wailing jazz, and money to burn. She thinks her biggest problem is choosing between them until the truth comes out. Her two lovers are really mobsters from rival gangs during Chicagos infamous Beer Wars, a battle Al Capone refuses to lose. The heady life shes living is an illusion resting on a bedrock of crime and violence unlike anything the country has ever seen before. When the good times come to an end, Vera becomes entangled in everything from bootlegging to murder. And as men from both gangs fall around her, Vera must put together the pieces of her shattered life, as Chicago hurtles toward one of the most infamous days in its history, the St. Valentines Day Massacre. READERS GUIDE INCLUDED

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In 1960s Chicago, a young woman stands in the middle of a musical and social revolution. A new historical novel from the bestselling author of White Collar Girl and What the Lady Wants. The rise of the Chicago Blues scene fairly shimmers with verve and intensity, and the large, diverse cast of characters is indelibly portrayed with the perfect pitch of a true artist.Melanie Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue Leeba Groski doesnt exactly fit in, but her love of music is not lost on her childhood friend and neighbor, Leonard Chess, who offers her a job at his new record company in Chicago. What starts as answering phones and filing becomes more than Leeba ever dreamed of, as she comes into her own as a songwriter and crosses paths with legendary performers like Chuck Berry and Etta James. But its Red Dupree, a black blues guitarist from Louisiana, who captures her heart and changes her life.Their relationship is unwelcome in segregated Chicago and they are shunned by Leebas Orthodox Jewish family. Yet in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement, Leeba and Red discover that, in times of struggle, music can bring people together.READERS GUIDE INSIDE

El glamuroso Nueva York de los años 60 y la revista CosmopolitanUna novela chispeante sobre una generación de jóvenes luchadoras que buscan su espacio en un mundo de hombres.La ciudad de Nueva York esta llena de oportunidades para chicas como Alice Weiss, que abandona su pequeño pueblo del Medio Oeste para perseguir sus sueños en la gran ciudad y conseguir un trabajo con la primera mujer editora jefe de la revista Cosmopolitan, Helen Gurley Brown.La joven, que quiere ser fotografa, ve una oportunidad perfecta, pero nada podria haberla preparado para el mundo en el que se adentra. Cuando intentan involucrarla para sabotear a su jefa, ella esta mas decidida que nunca a ayudar a Helen a triunfar.

"'Mad Men meets The Devil Wears Prada, ' which might as well be saying 'put me in your cart immediately.'" --PopSugar It's 1965 and Cosmopolitan magazine's brazen new editor-in-chief--Helen Gurley Brown--shocks America and saves a dying publication by daring to talk to women about all things off-limits... New York City is filled with opportunities for single girls like Alice Weiss, who leaves her small midwestern town to chase her big-city dreams and unexpectedly lands the job of a lifetime working for the first female editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown. Nothing could have prepared Alice for the world she enters as editors and writers resign on the spot, refusing to work for the woman who wrote the scandalous bestseller Sex and the Single Girl, and confidential memos, article ideas, and cover designs keep finding their way into the wrong hands. When someone tries to pull Alice into a scheme to sabotage her boss, she is more determined than ever to help Helen succeed. While pressure mounts at the magazine and Alice struggles to make her way in New York, she quickly learns that in Helen Gurley Brown's world, a woman can demand to have it all.

El glamuroso Nueva York de los años 60 y la revista CosmopolitanUna novela chispeante sobre una generación de jóvenes luchadoras que buscan su espacio en un mundo de hombres.La ciudad de Nueva York esta llena de oportunidades para chicas como Alice Weiss, que abandona su pequeño pueblo del Medio Oeste para perseguir sus sueños en la gran ciudad y conseguir un trabajo con la primera mujer editora jefe de la revista Cosmopolitan, Helen Gurley Brown.La joven, que quiere ser fotografa, ve una oportunidad perfecta, pero nada podria haberla preparado para el mundo en el que se adentra. Cuando intentan involucrarla para sabotear a su jefa, ella esta mas decidida que nunca a ayudar a Helen a triunfar.¿POR QUE LEER UN VERANO EN PARK AVENUE?La autora nos lleva al NY de 1965 y a Cosmopolitan, al estilo de Mad Men y El diablo viste de Prada.Una novela que refleja el cambio que vivieron las mujeres en los años 60.Aborda temas feministas que siguen muy presentes en la actualidad.El 25 de julio se cumplen 60 años de la publicacion del primer numero de Cosmopolitan.