Our May read for the meeting on 7th June is a republication of a 1958 novel by American author Rona Jaffe. The title ‘The best of everything’ speaks of a New York in the 1960’s and the struggle of young working women to establish themselves in the city. Re printed first by US Penguin thanks to an episode in Mad Men where Don Draper is seen reading the original publication in bed. Now published in the UK with a cover quote by Julie Burchill; “It harks back to a saner time, when choosing progress and modernity was as straightforward as ordering dinner – ‘Two scotches with water on the side, and two steaks’.” Comparisons with Muriel Spark and ‘The Girls of Slender Means’ are inevitable and although this is not of the same literary stable it is an absorbing and entertaining read, with an eternal resonance for anyone who has struggled to make their place in the working environment of city life, regardless of the decade. So mix yourself a dry martini, get your feet up and enjoy! Copies are available at special book group discount from Cogito Books.
Our June read is your choice so please bring your suggestions to the meeting or email them in to me , or post onto this site!
Susie Troup
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