Tuesday, November 9, 2021

The Pilot's Daughter by Meredith Jaeger

 

Publisher:Dutton Books
Publication date: November 2nd 2021
Pages: 352



San Francisco, 1945; It's the final days of the war, and Ellie Morgan is a secretary at a newspaper. She lives with her mother Clara and Ellie and her longtime fiancee Tom are planning their future wedding. But then the news comes that her father, a war pilot, has crashed into the sea in Europe. And Ellie and her mother are devasted, because he meant everything to them. But shortly after the news of his death some of his pilots belongings arrive at their home, and Ellie finds his pilot jacket, and some letters tucked in one of the pockets of it. The letters are written by her father William to a lady called Lillian. Ellie and her mother don't know anyone by that name, so she immediately knows her dad was also seeing someone else. Not telling her mom anything, she seeks help from her aunt Lillian, her mom's sister. Iris tells her she knew this Lillian from the time they where revue dancers in New York in the 1920's Together they step on a train to New York City to find Lillian and to hear more about her father's affair with her. During their search they find out a lot about the shady and dark side and secrets of the revue girls of New York.

This book is so beautiful!! I never have read a book by Meredith Jaeger before (altough I have a copy of her previous book Boardwalk Summer) so I didn't know what to expect when I got a review copy of this book. But I can totally say this book blew me away! It is beautifully written and the storyline is just fantastic. The chapters alternated between Ellie's pov in the present time and Iris' in the past, when she and Lillian where show dancers. It was all beauty on stage but behind the scenes there where a lot of shady things going on. Without revealing to many spoilers, the mystery and sleuthing was very entertaining and the wrap up of the story leaves the reader without any questions, so overall, don't miss out on this beauty of a book!!


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