The Favor by Adele Griffin
Summary:
At I'll Have Seconds, a high-end fairytale vintage dress shop in Manhattan, Nora Hammond loves nothing better than pairing a rare find with the perfect client.
At home, Nora grapples with the bleaker reality of enormous debt, a tiny apartment, and ever-dwindling hope that she and her husband Jacob will have a family of their own.
When socialite Evelyn Elliot charges into Nora's life, the women spark an immediate connection, and Nora is jettisoned into the heady whirl of New York's moneyed elite. As Evelyn's stylist and confidante, Nora needs to learn all new rules of engagement for the uber-wealthy. But it isn't until Evelyn decides her next cause is to carry a baby for Nora, that these rules― and this unlikely friendship―are tested.
A contemporary story that celebrates alternative routes to family, The Favor is an incisive examination of what it means to long for a child and what relationships cost us―and what they're worth.
Book Setting: New York City
The Strand
Consigned Designs/Elle Encore Couture, Greenwich , CT
3. Lotus Club
4. Hearth Restaurant
5. Temple Court
6. Death & Company
7. The Odeon
8. Hale & Hearty
9. Double Dragon
10. East Village
11. Bowery
12. Manhattan Vintage Show, Metropolitan
Pavilion
13. NY Botanical Gardens
14. Mulberry Street Library
15. Baccarat Hotel
Reviews
"A celebration of the unexpected paths and lasting power of female friendship....a gem of a book"
- Rebecca Serle, New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years and One Italian Summer
"A wise and sparkling story about how we connect and where we belong." -
- Jenny Han, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Summer I Turned Pretty series
"[A] tale of hope in the advent of unexpected change. A touching novel about the power of female friendship, forgiveness, and honesty."
- Kirkus
"Empathetically portraying the toll of fertility treatment...recommended for book groups and readers that appreciate engaging, warm-hearted stories that delve into complex relationships and situations."
-- Booklist