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City of Girls

by Elizabeth Gilbert
City of Girls
City of Girls

Glamour, adventure, and self-discovery in 1940s NYC.

If you're intrigued by the idea of 1940s New York City with its dazzling theatre life and unconventional characters, "City of Girls" is something you shouldn't miss. Elizabeth Gilbert weaves a tale of a young woman's journey through scandal to self-realization. Vivian Morris's story, as told in her twilight years, is a candid exploration of female sexuality and the quest for personal freedom that resonates with the fearless joys and bittersweet regrets of life. It's a vibrant and thoughtful read for anyone captivated by the complexities of love and the right to shape one's destiny.

  • Audie Award for Fiction (2020)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2019)
  • HWA Gold Crown Nominee for Longlist (2020)
  • Lovelybooks Leserpreis Nominee for Romane (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

City of Girls

by Elizabeth Gilbert
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ISBN: 9780593191750
Authors: Elizabeth Gilbert
Publisher: Penguin US
Date of Publication: 2020-04-06
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Romance
Related Topics: Historical Romance
Goodreads rating: 4.04
(rated by 301788 readers)

Description

Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. There Vivian is introduced to an entire cosmos of unconventional and charismatic characters, from the fun-chasing showgirls to a sexy male actor, a grand-dame actress, a lady-killer writer, and no-nonsense stage manager. But when Vivian makes a personal mistake that results in professional scandal, it turns her new world upside down in ways that it will take her years to fully understand. Ultimately, though, it leads her to a new understanding of the kind of life she craves - and the kind of freedom it takes to pursue it. It will also lead to the love of her life, a love that stands out from all the rest. Now eighty-nine years old and telling her story at last, Vivian recalls how the events of those years altered
 

Glamour, adventure, and self-discovery in 1940s NYC.

If you're intrigued by the idea of 1940s New York City with its dazzling theatre life and unconventional characters, "City of Girls" is something you shouldn't miss. Elizabeth Gilbert weaves a tale of a young woman's journey through scandal to self-realization. Vivian Morris's story, as told in her twilight years, is a candid exploration of female sexuality and the quest for personal freedom that resonates with the fearless joys and bittersweet regrets of life. It's a vibrant and thoughtful read for anyone captivated by the complexities of love and the right to shape one's destiny.

  • Audie Award for Fiction (2020)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2019)
  • HWA Gold Crown Nominee for Longlist (2020)
  • Lovelybooks Leserpreis Nominee for Romane (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.