Howard
May 2015
On Sale: May 5, 2015
Featuring: Flossie Jayne; Louis Tiffany
544 pages ISBN: 1451692447 EAN: 9781451692440 Kindle: B00LD1S0G6 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
From the bestselling author of It Happened at the Fair and
Fair Play comes a compelling historical novel about a
progressive “New Woman”—the girl behind Tiffany’s chapel—
and
the love that threatens it all.
As preparations for the 1893 World’s Fair set Chicago and
the nation on fire, Louis Tiffany—heir to the exclusive
Fifth Avenue jewelry empire—seizes the opportunity to
unveil
his state-of-the-art, stained glass, mosaic chapel, the
likes of which the world has never seen.
But when Louis’s dream is threatened by a glassworkers’
strike months before the Fair opens, he turns to an
unforeseen source for help: the female students at the Art
Students League of New York. Eager for adventure, the
young
women pick up their skirts, move to boarding houses, take
up
steel cutters, and assume new identities as the “Tiffany
Girls.”
Tiffany Girl is the heartwarming story of the impetuous
Flossie Jayne, a beautiful, budding artist who is
handpicked
by Louis to help complete the Tiffany chapel. Though
excited
to live in a boarding house when most women stayed home,
she
quickly finds the world is less welcoming than
anticipated.
From a Casanova male, to an unconventional married couple,
and a condescending singing master, she takes on a
colorful
cast of characters to transform the boarding house into a
home while racing to complete the Tiffany chapel and make
a
name for herself in the art world.
As challenges mount, her ambitions become threatened from
an
unexpected quarter: her own heart. Who will claim victory?
Her dreams or the captivating boarder next door?
Love historical because I always learn something. I am from Monahans near Odessa. I have added you to my TBR authors. Congratulations on the awards. (Leona Olson 10:51am May 6, 2015)
Even though your book shows women starting to branch out on their own, I really like the fact that back in those days, men were more reserved, and showed women a bit more restraint and respect. Now it seems that women are looked at more as a notch for their bedposts, more than for their brains, in many cases, which is sad, and to their disadvantage. I'm so glad that you came here today, not only to let us know about your latest book, which I'm greatly anticipating reading, but to thank you for writing about Historical fiction!! It's a good thing to keep our past out there for our younger readers as well, so they can be kept abreast of what earlier decades were like, and how far we've come as a society. The cover to your latest book is very striking, and I'm sure that your book is going to do very well!! Congratulations!! (Peggy Roberson 12:15pm May 6, 2015)
Thanks, girls! *Tiffany Girl* was a fun book to write. Love that Victorian period, right? (Deeanne Gist 6:05pm May 12, 2015)
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