Women's Hotel by Lavery, Daniel M.

ONE OF FALL'S MOST ANTICIPATED READS--New York Times, Vulture, BookPage, Kirkus Reviews, and more

From the New York Times bestselling author and advice columnist, a poignant and funny debut novel about the residents of a women's hotel in 1960s New York City.

The Biedermeier might be several rungs lower on the ladder than the real-life Barbizon, but its residents manage to occupy one another nonetheless. There's Katherine, the first-floor manager, lightly cynical and more than lightly suggestible. There's Lucianne, a workshy party girl caught between the love of comfort and an instinctive bridling at convention, Kitty the sponger, Ruth the failed hairdresser, and Pauline the typesetter. And there's Stephen, the daytime elevator operator and part-time Cooper Union student.

The residents give up breakfast, juggle competing jobs at rival presses, abandon their children, get laid off from the telephone company, attempt to retrain as stenographers, all with the shared awareness that their days as an institution are numbered, and they'd better make the most of it while it lasts.

As trenchant as the novels of Dawn Powell and Rona Jaffe and as immersive as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Lessons in Chemistry, Women's Hotel is a modern classic--and it is very, very funny.

Author: Daniel M. Lavery
Publisher: Harpervia
Published: 10/15/2024
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780063343535

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/23/2024 pg. 1
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2024
Publishers Weekly 08/05/2024
Booklist 09/01/2024 pg. 40
Shelf Awareness 10/25/2024