The Girl from the Savoy by Hazel Gaynor

The Girl from the Savoy by Hazel Gaynor

Presenting a dazzling new historical novel ... The Girl From The Savoy is as sparkling as champagne and as thrilling as the era itself.

'Sometimes life gives you cotton stockings. Sometimes it gives you a Chanel gown ...'

Dolly Lane is a dreamer; a downtrodden maid who longs to dance on the London stage, but her life has been fractured by the Great War. Memories of the soldier she loved, of secret shame and profound loss, by turns pull her back and spur her on to make a better life.

When she finds employment as a chambermaid at London's grandest hotel, The Savoy, Dolly takes a step closer to the glittering lives of the Bright Young Things who thrive on champagne, jazz and rebellion. Right now, she must exist on the fringes of power, wealth and glamor--she must remain invisible and unimportant.

But her fortunes take an unexpected turn when she responds to a struggling songwriter's advertisement for a 'muse' and finds herself thrust into London's exhilarating theatre scene and into the lives of celebrated actress, Loretta May, and her brother, Perry. Loretta and Perry may have the life Dolly aspires to, but they too are searching for something.

Now, at the precipice of the life she has and the one she longs for, the girl from The Savoy must make difficult choices: between two men; between two classes, between everything she knows and everything she dreams of. A brighter future is tantalizingly close--but can a girl like Dolly ever truly leave her past behind?

Hazel Gaynor is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling novelist who has won numerous awards. Her debut novel, The Girl Who Came Home, won the 2015 RNA Historical Novel of the Year award, A Memory of Violets was a 2015 WHSmith Fresh Talent pick, The Girl from The Savoy was a 2017 Irish Book Awards shortlist, and The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter was a 2019 HWA Gold Crown Award shortlist. The 2018 Women's Fiction Writers Association Star Award went to Last Christmas in Paris (co-written with Heather Webb). Meet Me in Monaco is their most recent collaboration. When We Were Young & Brave, Hazel's upcoming historical novel set in China during WWII, will be released in North America in October 2020.

Library Magazine named Hazel one of the year's Ten Major Breakthrough Writers. To date, her work has been translated into fourteen other languages. She is the co-founder of The Inspiration Project, a series of creative writing activities, and she lives in Ireland with her husband and two children. Visit www.hazelgaynor.com for additional details.