All About the Dress by Vicky Tiel

All About the Dress by Vicky Tiel

At Strand bookstore, I picked up a book by the iconic 1960’s designer, Vicky Tiel. Even better it was autographed by Vicky Tiel herself! While at Parsons School of Design she started a company with classmate Mia Fonssagrives who was the daughter of legendary model,...
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

This unique split time novel follows two dynamic women with different but related life arcs. I have rarely cared so much to keep reading to find out what will happen next. It is a longish book, but the story never lags. Despite clocking in at 450 pages, I was actually...
The Last Mona Lisa by Jonathan Santlofer

The Last Mona Lisa by Jonathan Santlofer

My definition of a book that you can’t put down (CPD) is one where you keep reading long after you should have turned off the light and gone to sleep. The Last Mona Lisa is a true CPD book that combines fact and fiction in the art world. Best selling author Jonathan...
The Keeper of Happy Endings

The Keeper of Happy Endings

If there is something I love  more than historical fiction it’s a split time historical novel. The Keeper of Happy Endings toggles between  Paris under Nazis occupation  and Boston in the 1980’s. The book opens in 1939   Solaine Roussel is working at her families...