The Girls From the Five Great Valleys..., Elizabeth Savage
The Girls From the Five Great Valleys..., Elizabeth Savage
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The Girls From the Five Great Valleys

Author: Elizabeth Savage

Narrator: Elizabeth Savage

Unabridged: 5 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 05/27/2014

Synopsis

Five girls. Five dreams. Five destinies. Determined to climb the social ladder in Missoula, Montana, Hilary knows appearances are crucial to getting ahead—but she’s in for a rude awakening. With a rough home life, Doll seeks every chance she can to escape and hang out with one of the local bad boys, but her need to be noticed may land her in serious trouble. Janet hasn’t inherited the smarts of her doctor father, but she’s content to let life lead her rather than grab the steering wheel. Kathy’s the smartest of the group, but her know-it-all attitude can be a real turnoff. Amelia has her mother’s drop-dead gorgeous looks and blue-blood Montana roots, but with a handicapped sister and an absent father, her world is waiting to shatter. As the leader of the group, Hilary doesn’t make any decisions without carefully calculating the potential outcome. She’s chosen the others to be her friends in order to help her achieve her goals, but each of these young women is about to discover there’s little they can control when it comes to what fate has in store.

About Elizabeth Savage

Elizabeth Savage was the acclaimed author of numerous novels, including The Girls of the Five Great Valleys, Summer of Pride, But Not for Love, A Fall of Angels, and Happy Ending. She lived in Maine and was married to the novelist Thomas Savage. She died in 1989.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Faiza on February 15, 2017

Take five girls anywhere, at any time. Three will be all right, and one will make it. One won’t. There they go. Highly reminiscent of “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”, Elizabeth Savage’s “The Girls from the Five Great Valleys” is a coming of age book of five girls, set in Montana in 1930s. We witness......more

Goodreads review by Nora on June 25, 2014

I was in love with this book from the get-go, and the last sentence guarantees I'll reread it. It's a coming of age novel for 5 girls during the Depression, in Missoula, Montana. That's a place I know nothing about and which Savage describes beautifully, making place a character. That's another thin......more

Goodreads review by Thalia on December 28, 2022

Being from Missoula Montana was the main draw for me to read this book and it was a fun and interesting read because the landmarks mentioned were mere blocks away from me. Missoula isn’t a place that’s highlighted often besides the one notorious book, and as I am the same age as the five girls it fo......more

Goodreads review by Jen on January 15, 2021

This book was a curiosity - written in the 70s about friendship between 5 girls in small town Montana during the Great Depression. Some dated language, important to remember history, and the last page was a gobsmacker that made me rethink the entire book.......more

Goodreads review by Sandee on January 16, 2016

I enjoyed this book, but the ending was odd. Set during the Depression, in Montana and five different girls more or less coming of age. This was a rediscovered book on Nancy Pearl's booklist (Book Lust). From Amazon: Five girls. Five dreams. Five destinies. Determined to climb the social ladder in Mi......more

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