Rules of Civility

Description:

A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multi-millionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well, and a single-minded widow.

subjects: Fiction,  Nineteen thirties,  Man-woman relationships,  Upper class,  Young women,  Large type books,  Fiction, historical,  Young women, fiction,  Wall street (new york, n.y.), fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Fiction, psychological,  Man-woman relationships, fiction,  Jeunes femmes,  Romans, nouvelles,  Classes supérieures,  Années trente (Vingtième siècle),  Relations entre hommes et femmes,  Social life and customs,  Manners and customs,  nyt:hardcover-fiction=2011-08-14,  New York Times bestseller,  New York Times reviewed,  New Year,  Jealousy,  Cliques (Sociology),  Roman,  Amerikanisches Englisch,  Fiction, historical, general,  Junge Frau,  Freundin,  Lebemann,  Schickeria

Places: Wall Street (New York, N.Y.),  New York (State),  New York (N.Y.),  New York,  Wall Street,  New York (État),  New York (N. Y.),  NY New York