During the Gilded Age in New York City, follow the stories of Stanhope women Juniata (grandmother), Sylvia (mother) and nineteen-year-old Adelaide (daughter). Juniata and Sylvia married into the Stanhope family though not due to love. The women have lost their income when Sylvia’s husband dies because the patriarch, Juniata’s father-in-law, deeded the family business only back to a male heir. The women must decide what comes next and how they will survive. Over the course of the story, we learn the secrets of Juniata and Sylvia. Those stories shape their guidance to Addie who is of marrying age.
Thanks to Baker Book House for providing me an ARC in exchange for a review in my own words.
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