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Theater During the Red Scare

The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis

November 30, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I think it was either jomidi’s review of this novel specifically or Caitlin D’s more general review of Fiona Davis’s novels but I ended up downloading The Chelsea Girls a while back.  By the time I started reading it, I didn’t quite remember what the overall story line was beyond being set in New York during the mid-20th century and involving female friendships.  I was very pleasantly surprised when I realized this wasn’t simply a story about young women navigating life in a big city […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: 1950s, Fiona Davis, McCarthyism, the chelsea girls

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:87 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: 1950s, Fiona Davis, McCarthyism, the chelsea girls ·
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Fiona Davis does it again

The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis

August 3, 2019 by jomidi Leave a Comment

Fiona Davis is fast becoming my favorite author.  I have enjoyed all her past historical fictions – The Dollhouse, The Address, and The Masterpiece, but this one is the best yet.  All of her books center on a historical location in New York City. This one, unlike her others and many historical fictions written today, does not switch back and forth between two time periods.  It starts during WWII with quiet Hazel, the child of a “Broadway family,” including a very demanding stage mom, joining […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: Fiona Davis, historical fiction, the chelsea girls

jomidi's CBR11 Review No:10 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: Fiona Davis, historical fiction, the chelsea girls ·
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