Empire Girls

Name: Empire Girls
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Suzanne Hayes
ISBN: 9781494574642

Author: Suzanne Hayes, Loretta Nyhan

Narrator: Meredith Mitchell

Unabridged: 7 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/08/2014

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Ivy and Rose Adams may be sisters, but they're nothing alike. Rose, the eldest, is the responsible one, while Ivy is spirited and brazen. After the unexpected death of their father, the women are left to reconcile the estate, but they make a shocking discovery: not only has their father left them in financial ruin, but he has also bequeathed their beloved family house to a brother they never knew existed. With only a photograph to guide the way, Ivy and Rose travel to New York City, determined to find this mysterious man and reclaim what is rightfully theirs.

Once in New York, temptations abound at every turn, and soon the sisters are drawn into the glitzy underbelly of Manhattan, where they must overcome their differences and learn to trust each other if they're going to survive in the big city and find their brother. Filled with unforgettable characters and charm, Empire Girls is a love letter to 1920s New York and a captivating story of the unspoken bond between sisters.

About Suzanne Hayes

Suzanne Hayes is the pen name of Suzanne Palmieri, author of The Witch of Belladonna Bay and The Witch of Little Italy, as well as coauthor, with Loretta Nyhan, of I'll Be Seeing You. She lives by the ocean with her husband and three children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Delee on June 07, 2014

I have always thought I should have been born earlier. And if I had a choice- it would be a toss up between being in my twenties in 1960 (I would have made a grooooooovy flower child hippy)...or being in my twenties in 1920 (I would have made an even better flapper). No decade is perfect- but anythi......more

Goodreads review by Tara on May 29, 2014

I didn't love this book, didn't hate it either. There's nothing deep here, no major revelation, but it does pass the time. It just isn't what I was hoping for after enjoying I'll Be Seeing You so much. It's the twenties. There's a LOT of drinking. Except for all the drinking and the speakeasy and ling......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on June 21, 2014

Flapper-era New York is having a moment. The 1920s in Manhattan seems to be the setting of choice for novel after novel right now — not without good reason, of course. What could be more perfect than the glamour, danger, and reckless freedom of the era, with young women living large, gin flowing fre......more

Goodreads review by Gaele on July 15, 2014

I wasn’t quite sure just where this story would lead when I started: two sisters, Ivy and Rose, who were struggling to survive through their own personal demons. What emerged is a lovely story of personal growth, redolent with the feel of New York City at the height of the 20’s, with language, dress......more

Goodreads review by Kate on April 11, 2014

Thanks to the publisher for the advance readers' copy. It's 1925, and sisters Rose and Ivy Adams are left penniless and homeless when their father dies and leaves his entire estate to Asher, an elder half-brother they never knew existed. Going on a clue in an old photograph of Asher, the sisters pac......more