Fiction

I'm about halfway through, and I have to say that this is one of the more compelling fiction reads I've come across in a long, long while.

The book is set in 1922, as a middle-aged woman from Kansas accompanies a young Louise Brooks (silent screen actress) on her first trip to New York. The plot is not about their trip as much as why the woman wants to take it. Unexpected twists and exquisite character development abound.

Highly, highly recommended.

(Another good read along this same line is "The Paris Wife," by Paula McLain, about Ernest Hemingway's first wife, Hadley Thompson.)