87 New Historical Fiction Books of 2023
87 New Historical Fiction Books Hitting Shelves This Year
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Renée Rosen's "Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl" peeks behind the legend to share an origin story of sorts for one of the most famous names in the beauty world. In 1938, Gloria Downing is in need of some help to reinvent herself after a family scandal. That's when she makes a new friend: an ambitious woman named Estée Lauder. Estée dreams of running her own beauty business on the scale of Elizabeth Arden or Helena Rubinstein, and Gloria is happy to dive right in and help her. As success grows for both women, however, they must decide how far they're willing to go to stake their claim in a world that prefers to silence women rather than accept them in positions of power.
Release date: April 25