The Best of Everything

Last week I borrowed a book called The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe, from my little sister and I’m reading it right know and it is a great book.

  

New York, 1952: Four young women have come to the city: to find love, to build their careers and to savour the indefinable optimism of the times. Caroline is the college graduate, determined to escape the typing pool and become an editor. April is the beautiful country girl with a penchant for disastrous romances. Aspiring actress Gregg is tangled in a dangerous love affair with a playwright; and divorcée Barbara writes about lipsticks by day and cares alone for her daughter by night. 

The book is first published in 1958 and recently re-published, but it reads like a modern book! I kind of think its like reading a episode of Mad Men and I love the descriptions of the outfits and the homes and offices. And so for some inspiration:

So I recommend you all to read it if you like 1950's literature with a very modern feel!