From Rules of Civility, it’s an easy leap to another young woman living in New York City, Vera in The Way of Beauty by Camille Di Maio. With its sparkling depiction of New York’s social strata, its intricate imagery and themes, and its immensely appealing characters, Rules of Civility won the hearts of readers and critics alike.”įIRST DEGREE. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society-where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve. I love New York City and stories set there (or near there) in the late 1800s and early 1900s are fascinating!Įven though Rules of Civility by Amor Towles is beautifully written and has received high praise, I remember feeling rather meh about the story when I read it years ago.Īmazon Summary: “On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This month’s prompt starts with Rules of Civility by Amor Towles, and even though it’s not one of my favorite stories, I have an idea for a chain that features… “Young women living in or near New York City from the late 1800s to the early 1900s…”

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Paste the link to your post in the comments on Kate’s post and/or the Linky Tool on that post.Provide a link in your post to the meme at Books Are My Favourite and Best.Link the books together in any way you like.A book doesn’t need to be connected to all the other books on the list, only to the one next to it in the chain. Making connections between books is challenging, creative, and fun!Įach month a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. #6Degrees is a monthly link-up hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Young women living in or near New York City (late 1800s to early 1900s) … *This post contains Amazon affiliate links.

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