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Rare Objects: A Novel

April 20, 2016

rare objects

  Before we’ve even met her Maeve has lived a lot of life for a twenty-five-year-old woman in the 1930s. After secretarial school she leaves Boston for New York City, using the lie of a big job opportunity as a way to get out of marriage and town. But because no such job existed in Depression era NYC Maeve ends up working in a dance hall on Broadway where only alcohol ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1930s, chick lit, historical fiction, New England

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