Summer at Tiffany - Hardcover

Hart, Marjorie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061189529 ISBN 13: 9780061189524

Publisher: William Morrow, 2007

Synopsis

A memoir of a New York City summer during the waning days of World War II recounts how the University of Iowa coed author and her best friend became the first women to work on the sales floor at Tiffany & Co., a job during which they basked in period culture, from USO dances and the Stork Club to nickel subway rides and the Eisenhower parade.

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Review:

"A glorious once upon a time fairytale come true.charming and delicious.I loved every moment!" -- Adriana Trigiani, author of Lucia Lucia and the Big Stone Gap series

"A charming story of a charmed summer.I didn't want Marjorie Hart's effervescent memoir to end." -- Emily Giffin, author of Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and Baby Proof

"Charming and fun.reminiscent of The Best of Everything and Breakfast at Tiffany's." -- BookPage

"Charming and fun...reminiscent of The Best of Everything and Breakfast at Tiffany's."--BookPage

"This warm account of more innocent times makes an unspoken comparison with the way we live now. A fond backwardglance."--Kirkus Reviews

"Hart writes about that stylish summer with verve, recollecting with a touching purity a magical summer in Manhattan."--Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Hart's infectious vivacity resonates with a madcap immediacy, delectably capturing the city's heady vibrancy and a young girl's guileless enchantment."--Booklist

"The (Tiffany) company should put this book on prominent display, for heaven's sake--it's that much of a paean."--Buffalo News

"This book offers insights into the women who lived through World War II. It's a perfect Mother's Day gift."--USA Today

"What do you imagine might be the most memorable summer of your life? Do you think it's happened yet?--San Diego City Beat

Synopsis:

"Summer at Tiffany" is a memoir of the summer of 1945, when Marjorie Jacobson and her best friend Marty traveled from the University of Iowa to New York City, hoping to land sales jobs. Turned away from the top department stores, they made their way to 57th Street where refusing to be deterred, Marty lead Marjorie into the legendary Tiffany store, and somehow these best friends talked their way into positions as pages-the first women to ever work on the sales floor. Their workdays found the girls dazzled by the likes of honeymooners Judy Garland and Vincent Minnelli, Marlene Dietrich in her USO uniform, and legendary playboy Jimmy Donohue. They delivered and modeled priceless jewels, nearly lost precious pearls, and encountered Old Man Tiffany himself during a rare visit. In between getting lost in Harlem (& rescued by police!), witnessing the Eisenhower Parade, VJ Day in Times Square, and mingling with the Cafe Society-Marjorie Heart fell in love, learned lessons and made decisions that would impact the rest of her life, and leave her nostalgic for that one unforgettable "Summer at Tiffany".

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0061189529
• ISBN 13: 9780061189524
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 274