I don't write about books here as much now that I've got Trashionista, but lately I've noticed a cover trend that I LOVE and discovered a book that gave me butterflies, so I thought I'd share.
Broken Biscuits by Liz Kettle. Could the cover be any more perfect? And how much do I now want my name printed on a biscuit?
I read and loved Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl, but I haven't been inspired to read another of his/her (must check!) books until this one.
It's the simplicity, isn't it? Plain background + simple centred picture = Instant Love!
I absolutely would pick this book up because of the cover (how I didn't know until last week that nostalgia is my thing is a mystery to me!) but then I'd read the blurb:
"Summer at Tiffany" is a memoir of the summer of 1945, when Marjorie
Jacobson and her best friend Marty traveled from the University of Iowa
to New York City, hoping to land sales jobs.
Turned away from the top
department stores, they made their way to 57th Street where refusing to
be deterred, Marty lead Marjorie into the legendary Tiffany store, and
somehow these best friends talked their way into positions as pages-the
first women to ever work on the sales floor.
Their workdays found the
girls dazzled by the likes of honeymooners Judy Garland and Vincent
Minnelli, Marlene Dietrich in her USO uniform, and legendary playboy
Jimmy Donohue. They delivered and modeled priceless jewels, nearly lost
precious pearls, and encountered Old Man Tiffany himself during a rare
visit.
In between getting lost in Harlem (& rescued by police!),
witnessing the Eisenhower Parade, VJ Day in Times Square, and mingling
with the Cafe Society-Marjorie Heart fell in love, learned lessons and
made decisions that would impact the rest of her life, and leave her
nostalgic for that one unforgettable "Summer at Tiffany".
New York. The forties. Tiffany. Judy Garland. Glamour! This is the kind of book I become obsessed with and can't rest until I've read it...