{"product_id":"the-dollhouse-9781101985014","title":"The Dollhouse","description":"\u003cb\u003eEnter the lush world of 1950s New York City, where a generation of aspiring models, secretaries, and editors live side by side in the glamorous Barbizon Hotel for Women while attempting to claw their way to fairy-tale success in this debut novel from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lions of Fifth Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Rich both in twists and period detail, this tale of big-city ambition is impossible to put down.\"\u003ci\u003e--People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When she arrives at the famed Barbizon Hotel in 1952, secretarial school enrollment in hand, Darby McLaughlin is everything her modeling agency hall mates aren't: plain, self-conscious, homesick, and utterly convinced she doesn't belong--a notion the models do nothing to disabuse. Yet when Darby befriends Esme, a Barbizon maid, she's introduced to an entirely new side of New York City: seedy downtown jazz clubs where the music is as addictive as the heroin that's used there, the startling sounds of bebop, and even the possibility of romance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over half a century later, the Barbizon's gone condo and most of its long-ago guests are forgotten. But rumors of Darby's involvement in a deadly skirmish with a hotel maid back in 1952 haunt the halls of the building as surely as the melancholy music that floats from the elderly woman's rent-controlled apartment. It's a combination too intoxicating for journalist Rose Lewin, Darby's upstairs neighbor, to resist--not to mention the perfect distraction from her own imploding personal life. Yet as Rose's obsession deepens, the ethics of her investigation become increasingly murky, and neither woman will remain unchanged when the shocking truth is finally revealed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiona Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of several novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Dollhouse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Address\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Masterpiece\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chelsea Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lions of Fifth Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Magnolia Palace\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City and is a graduate of the College of William \u0026amp; Mary in Virginia and the Columbia Journalism School.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dutton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50623127945490,"sku":"9781101985014","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d8d434d4-7354-4c7e-8422-625e8765fa8c.jpg?v=1732592554","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dollhouse-9781101985014","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}