Astor Place Vintage
By: Stephanie Lehmann
Edition: 1st Touchstone trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781451682052
Subjects: Women; Sex role; Vintage clothing; Diaries; Fiction
Description: The proprietor of a vintage clothing store in Manhattan comes across a journal written by a young woman who wished to become a department store buyer, a goal which--in 1907--meant butting against the prevailing mores that dictated that women be confined to marriage and motherhood.
Notes: "A novel"--Cover.

"A Touchstone book."

Includes discussion questions and an author Q&A.