Title: The glamour house / by Lydia Stryk
Description: It is 1947. In the glamourous world of Trudi Stein's dress shop on Manhattan's Upper East Side, everything is cloaked in silence -- until the arrival of an enigmatic new salesgirl, Esther Bayer, a young immigrant from Germany, whose very presence fills the joyless establishment with energy, laughter, and life. What ensues is a mysterious, obsessive relationship that culminates in revelation.
Subjects: Clothing trade, Drama, Sales personnel, Lesbians
Places: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)