Our heroine, Katey, starts out as a poor girl sharing a room in a boarding house with her friend, Eve. Eve is glamorous in a way that Katey admires, but doesn't necessarily envy. One night when they're out at a jazz club, they meet a wealthy bachelor, Tinker. He is fun, young, and wealthy, and he treats the girls to several dates. Katey finds herself falling for Tinker when something happens that strains the fabric of the friendships between the three. Katey finds herself on the outside of what used to be a cozy triangle and decides it is time to make her way on her own in NYC.
Through some interesting circumstances in her career, Katey finds herself moving up in the world. She also finds herself in new social circles. She dates a few guys, trying to find someone that fits what she is looking for, several of them charming.
Tinker and Eve eventually have a falling out and separate, Tinker finds his way back to Katey and they have a relationship, but it is a shadow of the way things could have been and Katey knows it. Katey has grown into herself over time, however, and she finds that Tinker's affections neither control or determine her course.
It is such a fascinating story and I loved the way that Amor Towles made me feel like I was one of Katey's friends, enjoying the martinis and jazz clubs of NYC. It was a dazzling novel.
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