
From the bestselling author of It Happened at the Fair and
Fair Play comes a compelling historical novel about a
progressive βNew Womanββthe girl behind Tiffanyβs chapelβ
and
the love that threatens it all.
As preparations for the 1893 Worldβs Fair set Chicago and
the nation on fire, Louis Tiffanyβheir to the exclusive
Fifth Avenue jewelry empireβseizes the opportunity to
unveil
his state-of-the-art, stained glass, mosaic chapel, the
likes of which the world has never seen.
But when Louisβs dream is threatened by a glassworkersβ
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 βTiffany
Girls.β
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?
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