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| Taken from Goodreads |
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Format: Paperback, 496 pages
Publishing Date: June 4th, 2019
Synopsis from Goodreads:
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 ninety-five years old and telling her story at last, Vivian recalls how the events of those years altered the course of her life - and the gusto and autonomy with which she approached it.
Review (94 words):
First off, Glibert has this ability to colour the world in which her characters live in the most vivid ways and a story set in the 1940's New York theatre scene is the perfect setting for such a skill. However, it felt that at the end, the finale that was set up throughout the book was extremely anti-climatic, to the point where I was scratching my head as to what the point of the book was. Luckily the earlier parts were interesting, and made me not fully regret taking the time to read this.
Rating:
3.5/5 Stars
See you next time friends,
Marianne
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