I liked this book from start to finish. It's refreshing to find a new novel by a new author that doesn't feel completely cliche or give the feeling of been there read that. The writing leaves nothing to be desired and the characters are neither extremely loveable, nor extremely terrible, falling somewhere in the middle--normal people with both strengths and flaws of character. The one nagging question I had throughout was the complete absence of any talk of marriage/children/women in the workforce for a main character who starts the novel at the age of 25, which I would imagine is already past the marrying age in the 1930s. Maybe it's implied that women moving to New York City were those looking for a different life than their peers? Something to investigate further.4 out of 5
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