This post is written almost exclusively for my wonderful Grandma in North Carolina, who suggested I read this book years ago. I wrote it down on my 'To Read' list, and finally got around to it! GINC, I do always take your suggestions to heart, though it takes me a while to get to them sometimes! You did good with this one. I had a very hard time putting it down at bedtime.
At first glance, this novel appears to be about just another secretary working in NYC in the 1920s. Rose is one of three typists who takes down the confessions of criminals at a precinct, and, though in her mid-20s, she is a stickler for the rules. Her worldview is turned upside down when Odalie walks though the doors of her office to take over a fourth typist position. Orally is everything Rose is not: glamorous, flirtatious, wealthy, and self-possesed. The two strike up a friendship that threatens Rose's job, her lifestyle, and even her freedom.
The last page of this book gave me chills. It was so striking! Although the foreshadowing can be a bit heavy-handed, I'll chalk it up to Rose being overly dramatic. This book has a lot going for it: an unreliable narrator, the fertile setting of NYC at a time when women were becoming more liberated, the mystery of where Odalie actually came from. Rindell wrote a great mystery. A great book to snuggle up with on a fall day...
Yay!!! So glad you liked this book. And yes, it was ages ago that I recommended it. Interesting story and with a twist -- if I remember correctly!
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