March 22, 2023
Fifth Avenue Glamor Girl by Renee Rosen
At the height of the Great Depression, Gloria Downing's father is jailed for having swindled thousands of people out of their live savings in a Ponzi scheme. Broke, homeless and basically unemployable, Gloria takes a job as a shampoo girl at a beauty salon, where she meets an enterprising young woman named Estee Lauder. Estee has created a new cosmetics line and will stop at nothing to get her products into the finest department stores and become famous in the process. Both Gloria and Estee are hiding secrets - when those secrets start catching up with them, will they be able to outrun their pasts?
Very enjoyable story about two women forced to reinvent themselves at a difficult time in American history. I love novels about the fashion and beauty industry, so this one called my name. Fans of Fiona Davis, Marie Benedict, and Jeanne Mackin (The Last Collection) will enjoy this fictionalized biography of one of the icons of the cosmetics industry.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an eARC for review.
Estee Lauder
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