We are already on our second #SRC2018 pick of July! Check back here every Monday to find out which summer read we’re picking up for the week.
Week of July 9: The Subway Girls by Susie Orman Schnall
It’s 1949 and Charlotte wants nothing more than to live a life in the advertising industry but when her father insists that she help out the family business, she’ll have no choice but to stay complacent… until she comes across the glamorous world of the Miss Subways beauty contest. Entering the contest she’ll find that not everyone she meets can be trusted, leading her to make difficult choices. Almost 70 years later, advertising expert Olivia is trying her best to save her job, looking to the historic Miss Subways contest to help along a new campaign. What she doesn’t know is that this project will lead her to truths about her own existence that she never thought possible. This multi-generational women’s fiction novel is a story about strength, compassion and the true strength of women.
Susie Orman Schnall is the author of three novels: Her thought-provoking debut, On Grace (2014, SparkPress), is about turning 40. The Balance Project (2015, SparkPress), is about work-life balance and was inspired by The Balance Project interview series she started in 2014. And The Subway Girls (2018, St. Martin’s Press), is historical fiction about the fascinating Miss Subways advertising program.
Susie grew up in Los Angeles, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and now lives just outside of New York City with her husband and their three sons who play ball in the house.
Want to find out what else we’re reading this month?
Get a sneak peek at our lineup over on She Reads.
Get a sneak peek at our lineup over on She Reads.
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