![]() ![]() Kelly Sarabyn: The Dollhouse intertwines the story of two women, Darby, living in the Barbizon Hotel in 1952, and Rose, at the Barbizon (converted to condominiums) in 2016. We are happy to discuss The Dollhouse with its author Fiona Davis. It illustrates not only all the things that have changed for women, but also those that have stayed the same. A journalist whose own life is in disarray, Rose decides to investigate her reclusive neighbor.Įffectively switching between the past and the present, The Dollhouse tells the story of two women struggling to define themselves, their friendships and their careers. Rose Lewin hears rumors about Darby’s dark past, of Darby being slashed by a knife and the Barbizon maid falling to her death. ![]() ![]() In 2016, the Barbizon has been converted to condominiums, but a few of the 1950s women are still living there in rent-controlled apartments. Darby McLaughlin is there to attend secretarial school, but under the tutelage of a Barbizon maid, she is swept into a dangerous night life. In 1952, the Barbizon is a New York boarding house for aspiring models, editors and secretaries. The Dollhouse is the riveting story of two American women living at the famed Barbizon Hotel sixty years apart. ![]()
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