Book
Astor Place Vintage / Stephanie Lehmann.
The proprietor of a vintage clothing store in Manhattan comes across a journal written by a young woman who wished to become a department store buyer, a goal which--in 1907--meant butting against the prevailing mores that dictated that women be confined to marriage and motherhood.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451682052
- ISBN: 1451682050
- Physical Description: 396 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition: 1st Touchstone trade pbk. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A novel"--Cover. "A Touchstone book." Includes discussion questions and an author Q&A. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Women > Fiction. Sex role > Fiction. Vintage clothing > Fiction. Diaries > Fiction. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Chick lit. |
Available copies
- 8 of 8 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Andrews-Dallas PL - Andrews | F LEH (Text) | 73351000047113 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Eckhart PL - Main | F LEHMANN stephanie Astor (Text) | 840191002949205 | Adult Fiction - Main Level | Available | - |
| Hamilton North PL - Cicero Main Branch | FIC.c Lehmann, Stephanie (Text) | 78294000246076 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson Co PL - Madison Main Branch | FICTION LEHM (Text) | 39391006526014 | Fiction | Available | - |
| LaGrange Co PL - LaGrange Main Library | F LEH (Text) | 30477100634454 | Adult: Fiction | Available | - |
| Putnam County Public Library - Main | FIC LEH (Text) | 30041001865763 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Sheridan PL - Sheridan | FIC LEH (Text) | 37745000730199 | Adult fiction | Available | - |
| Winchester Comm. PL - Winchester | FIC LEH (Text) | 76682000134524 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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When a New York City vintage clothing shop owner's recent purchases contain a hidden journal from 1907, her entire life will be turned upside down in this 'insightful, charming, and wholly entertaining novel' (Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner).
Amanda Rosenbloom, proprietor of Astor Place Vintage, thinks she'son just another call to appraise and possibly purchase clothing from a wealthy, elderly woman. But after discovering a journal sewn into a fur muff, Amanda gets much more than she anticipated. The pages of the journal reveal the life of Olive Westcott, a young woman who had moved to Manhattan in 1907. Olive was set on pursuing a career as a department store buyer in an era when Victorian ideas, limiting a woman's sphere to marriage and motherhood, were only beginning to give way to modern ways of thinking. As Amanda reads the journal, her life begins to unravel until she can no longer ignore this voice from the past. Despite being separated by one hundred years, Amanda finds she's connected to Olive in ways neither could ever have imagined. - Simon and Schuster
When a New York City vintage clothing shop owner’s recent purchases contain a hidden journal from 1907, her entire life will be turned upside down in this “insightful, charming, and wholly entertaining novel” (Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner).
Amanda Rosenbloom, proprietor of Astor Place Vintage, thinks she’son just another call to appraise and possibly purchase clothing from a wealthy, elderly woman. But after discovering a journal sewn into a fur muff, Amanda gets much more than she anticipated. The pages of the journal reveal the life of Olive Westcott, a young woman who had moved to Manhattan in 1907. Olive was set on pursuing a career as a department store buyer in an era when Victorian ideas, limiting a woman’s sphere to marriage and motherhood, were only beginning to give way to modern ways of thinking. As Amanda reads the journal, her life begins to unravel until she can no longer ignore this voice from the past. Despite being separated by one hundred years, Amanda finds she’s connected to Olive in ways neither could ever have imagined.
