Lisa is a flight attendant for Pan Am Airlines. While waiting on the airport from a flight back home for her boyfriend Billy who has to pick her up, she meets Eiland, also waiting. Because both are not picked up, they decide to share a taxi back home, and this is where Madeleine asks Lisa to come to her Starlite shop soon, because at her dress shop she is hosting ladies nights. The third main character is Elaine, who is having an abusive and mostly drunk boyfriend Tommy. All three of them have a partner who is abusive and are treating them bad. Especially Madeline, whose husband Fred is influental in New York politics and doesn't like his wife to have a life and mind of her own. This is somewhat also the red line of the story; in the 1960 women where starting to get a voice of their own and didn't want to be assigned to the kitchen and to serve their husband all the time. The three are becoming friends, and the ladies nights with poetry, discussions and just having a good time with drinks and bites are becoming a succes.
But then a stone is thrown into the Starlite boutique while one of Madeline's ladies nights is taking place, luckily no one is seriously wounded, but it is the start of a turn in the lifes of the three women, that are connected with each other. All three of them are in a relationship that is spiraling out of control, and then one tragic event changes everything..
I was very surprised by this fantastic book. I love historical fiction so this one was just a perfect read. I immediately got really into the story of Lisa, Madeleine and Elaine, and I loved how they became friends amidst all the difficulties they where having with their partners. As a reader you just can imagine, sadly, that these things really happen. It is a story of friendship, independence and hope for a group of women in the 1960's. Through the three main characters how women are breaking barriers yet still contained by the traditional constraints .
Alltogether I though this was one of the best books of this new year. recommend it!
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