Rachel G. (roach808) - reviewed on 3/27/2025 + 199 more book reviews

I wouldn't call this my normal read, but it also wasn't that far out of my interests. Set between 1950 and 1954 we get a view into the lives of women living in a boarding house in Washington, DC at that time. We see their strengths, their imperfections, and things that aren't really either, but things that just aren't celebrated in women in the 50's. We uncover their relationships, their secrets, and hopes.

It's a pretty big cast of characters, but I think Quinn did a great job with that, I wasn't ever confused or lost about who was who (even the auxiliary male characters).

Nicely done female-focused fiction with non-fiction elements.

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