wilMy second #TransRightsReadathon book was Women's Hotel by Daniel Lavery. I immediately felt right at home, because though set in 1960s Manhattan, it reminded me so much of the sort of classic British books #FurrowedMiddlebrow reprints -- which I later learned was quite deliberate. https://mainstreetmag.com/a-conversation-with-daniel-m-lavery/
I thought it somewhat lacking in plot and through line -- which can be an issue for me with those books as well. Perhaps Lavery found the perfect way to play to his strengths and weaknesses as a writer, by being somewhat out of time.
My favorite part of the book was the depiction of early AA and one character's journey with alcoholism.
A conversation with New York Times best-selling author and history-inspired creator Daniel M. Lavery on the intricacies of his upcoming novel release, Women’s Hotel - Main Street Magazine
With his upcoming novel, Women’s Hotel, releasing on October 15th, Daniel M. Lavery shares his approach to the writing process, what inspired his interest in women’s hotels, and the details of his work’s pertinent themes.
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