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Renee Rosen
Expected publication date: April 25, 2023
It’s 1938, and a young woman selling face cream out of a New York City beauty parlor is determined to prove she can have it all. Her name is Estée Lauder, and she’s about to take the world by storm, in this dazzling new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Social Graces and Park Avenue Summer.
In New York City, you can disappear into the crowd. At least that’s what Gloria Downing desperately hopes as she tries to reinvent herself after a devastating family scandal. She’s ready for a total life makeover and a friend she can lean on—and into her path walks a young, idealistic woman named Estée. Their chance encounter will change Gloria’s life forever.
Estée dreams of success and becoming a household name like Elizabeth Arden, Helena Rubinstein, and Revlon. Before Gloria knows it, she is swept up in her new friend’s mission and while Estée rolls up her sleeves, Gloria begins to discover her own talents. After landing a job at Saks Fifth Avenue, New York’s finest luxury department store, Gloria finds her voice, which proves instrumental in opening doors for Estée’s insatiable ambitions.
But in a world unaccustomed to women with power, they’ll each have to pay the price that comes with daring to live life on their own terms and refusing to back down. - from Goodreads
Love the cover! And how cool to have a fictionalized account of Lauder's start.
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DeleteThat cover is gorgeous, but wow that blurb! I love the complexity of Gloria and Estee in the bliurb. It sounds like they're a pair not to be trifled with!
ReplyDeleteI am definitely looking forward to this one as well!
ReplyDeleteYay, I hope we both love it!
DeleteThat is quite a time and world to explore. The cover is really beautiful too. It really captures the elegance of that time
ReplyDeleteI'm obsessed with this cover!
DeleteI hope this one is good. Fun cover!
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DeleteI love this cover, and this sounds really good!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I would never imagine a novel being written about Estee Lauder. I'm so intrigued and that cover is gorgeous!
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DeleteGreat choice, Angela! This sounds like a fab read and I love the era it's set in. There was so much going on at the time!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Stephanie!
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