by Amor Towles
First published 2016
On New Year's Eve 1938, secretary Katey Kontent's chance meeting with a handsome banker in a jazz bar upends her life. Suddenly, she's part of Manhattan's glittering social circle, befriending a shy millionaire and an Upper East Side troublemaker. As Katey navigates this new world, she must reconcile her working-class past with her high-society present. But when tragedy strikes, she's forced to confront the true cost of her newfound status.
Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, social-mobility
Setting: Wall Street (New York, N.Y.), New York (State), New York (N.Y.), New York, Wall Street, New York (État), NY New York
368 pages · Paperback · Penguin Books