Grace of the Empire State

Grace O’Connell always felt happy and safe until her father died, now America’s in the midst of the Great Depression and her twin brother Patrick works at the construction site of the Empire State Building and Grace is a dancer and they support their widowed mother and younger sister. Even with both......more

4.5⭐️ When Patrick O’Connell, the main breadwinner of his family, suffers a fall while working as a riveter on the building of the Empire State Building, his sister Grace devises a plan. With her skills as a dancer, and her almost identical appearance to him as his fraternal twin, she will take his......more

This is a wonderful debut novel, by the author living locally to me. Set in the 1930s in New York during tge depression. The writing is accessible and easy to read. Obviously, it is well researched, and it is about the building of the Empire State Building and the conditions in which they worked. Wo......more

✰ 3.5 stars ✰ “But you are strong, Grace O’Connell, maybe more so than any of us. And you will find a way to pick up that pain and carry it with you.” ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Grace of the Empire State takes place in 1930 during the time of the Great Depression and Prohibition, when construction o......more

This book is just like Mulan except if Mulan was named Grace and; Instead of replacing her old dad as a soldier she replaced her twin brother with a broken arm Instead of China it is America Instead of the year 400 it is 1930 Instead of fighting a war she is being a riveter 300 feet in the sky, building......more