The Dollhouse

Description:

When she arrives at the famed Barbizon Hotel for Women in 1952, Ohio native Darby McLaughlin feels overwhelmed by the glittery city. Can she make a life here? Sixty-odd years later, journalist Rose Lewin meets a mysterious elderly lady in the elevator at Barbizon, which is now an apartment building. This fateful encounter will change their lives forever.

subjects: Fiction, suspense,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Women journalists, fiction,  Fiction, mystery & detective, historical

People: Rose Lewin (fictional character),  Griff Van Doren (fictional character),  Darby McLaughlin (fictional character),  Stella Conover (fictional character),  Esme Castillo (fictional character),  Sam Buckley (fictional character),  Jason Wolf (fictional character)

Places: New York (N.Y.),  Litchfield (Conn.),  Defiance (Ohio),  Granite Falls (N.C.),  Santurce (San Juan, P.R.),  San Francisco (Calif.)

Times: 1952,  2016