![]() On any given day, a gangster or a Hollywood star would stop by to repair a watch or pick out a wedding gift. I was captivated by the somber, sophisticated atmosphere of the 1940s Tiffany that Hart described, where male salesmen rapped glass countertops with diamond rings to summon the pages, who would take away items for repair or alteration. For modern readers, it's definitely an interesting glimpse into the past. The book chronicles their summer in loving detail. Traditionally, the jobs were held by blue-blooded young men looking for "respectable" summer employment.) (A shortage of employable men during the war prompted this decision. Marjorie and Marty found jobs as pages on the sales floor of the illustrious Tiffany flagship on Fifth Avenue-the first female pages at Tiffany. I first heard about the book via a publicist's email intrigued by the synopsis and the nostalgic appeal of the story, I requested a review copy. Their rose-tinted memories form the basis of Marjorie's memoir, Summer at Tiffany. ![]() Before Carrie and the gals of Sex and the City were taking Manhattan by storm, Marjorie Hart and her best friend Marty Garrett were University of Iowa undergrads who ventured from the Midwest to the Big Apple for an unforgettable summer in 1945. ![]()
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