The Harvey girls
"1926: Charlotte Crowninshield was born into one of the finest Boston society families. Now she's on the run from a brutal husband, desperate to disappear into the wilds of the Southwest. Billie MacTavish is the oldest of nine children born to Scottish immigrants in Nebraska. She quit school in the...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Gallery Books,
2025.
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| Edition: | First Gallery Books trade paperback edition. |
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| Summary: | "1926: Charlotte Crowninshield was born into one of the finest Boston society families. Now she's on the run from a brutal husband, desperate to disappear into the wilds of the Southwest. Billie MacTavish is the oldest of nine children born to Scottish immigrants in Nebraska. She quit school in the sixth grade to help with her mother's washing and mending business, but even that isn't enough to keep the family afloat. Desperate, both women join the ranks of the Harvey Girls, waitresses who serve in America's first hospitality chain on the Santa Fe railroad. Hired on the same day, they share three things: a room, a heartfelt dislike of each other ... and each has a secret that will certainly get them fired. Through twelve-hour days of training in Topeka, Kansas, they learn the fine art of service, perfecting their skills despite bouts of homesickness, fear of being discovered, and a run-in with the KKK. When they're sent to work at the luxurious El Tovar hotel at the Grand Canyon, the challenges only grow, as Billie struggles to hide her young age from would-be suitors, and Charlotte discovers the little-known dark side of the national park's history"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 375 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781668095065 1668095068 |
| Author Notes: | Juliette Fay was born in Binghamton, N.Y. and moved to Massachusetts when she was three. She soon developed a love for books and writng in her journal. She earned a bachelor¿s degree in human development and theology from Boston College. Upon graduation she began a year-long stint in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Seattle, Washington where she served as an emergency shelter worker, and was very quickly exposed to the realities of homelessness. She returned to Boston and continued her career in human services by teaching at a school for autistic children. She then went on to achieve a master's degree in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She took time off from work and began to raise a family. It was then that she tried her hand at writing children's books. She soon found success there. Her title's include Shelter Me, Deep Down True, The Shortlisted Way Home and The Tumbling Turner Sisters. (Bowker Author Biography) |
