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Last summer at Maine Chance a novel

"Budding economist Cynthia Proctor knows everything there is to know about statistical impossibilities. In 1954, women like her from middle class families do not earn degrees from prestigious New England colleges. Zero is the number of women on faculty. When Cynthia receives notice that her scholars...

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Main Author: Everett, Jessica (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2026]
Subjects:
Women college students > Fiction.
Widows > Fiction.
Women artists > Fiction.
Housekeepers > Fiction.
Health resorts > Fiction.
Scholarships > Fiction.
Rich people > Fiction.
Nineteen fifties > Fiction.
Maine > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
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Summary:"Budding economist Cynthia Proctor knows everything there is to know about statistical impossibilities. In 1954, women like her from middle class families do not earn degrees from prestigious New England colleges. Zero is the number of women on faculty. When Cynthia receives notice that her scholarship program prefers to fund the education of male students next year, she knows her chances of graduating are almost non-existent. Enter an extraneous variable: an invitation to spend the summer lakeside in Maine, mingling with her wealthy roommates' social set. But Cynthia has other ideas. When she learns of a summer job at Elizabeth Arden's Maine Chance Spa, Cynthia can feel her chances of funding her education increasing. Hired as a maid, she is thrust into a real-life lesson in economics. Her teachers hail from upstairs and downstairs: a fabulously eccentric local artist, the resident housekeeper whose family sold their land to Arden in the Depression, the summer people whose favor Cynthia's mother so desires, and an enigmatic chauffeur who challenges Cynthia to reevaluate her most valued assets. By summer's end, in the glow of Elizabeth Arden's idyllic health and beauty resort, a young woman will learn the most important lesson of all: that her best investment is in herself"-- Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Includes a reading group guide and a conversation with the author at end.
Physical Description:438 pages : 21 cm
ISBN:9781464254390
1464254397
Author Notes:Jessica Everett loves research, fountain pens, and throwing parties. A nearly life-long resident of New Hampshire, she lives with her family and a precocious poodle named Sam. Last Summer at Maine Chance is her historical fiction debut. She happily spends summers in Maine, a place her family has called home since the 1600s.

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