Rules of Civility
About this book
A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multi-millionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well, and a single-minded widow.
Subjects
- amerikanisches englisch
- années trente (vingtième siècle)
- classes supérieures
- cliques (sociology)
- fiction
- fiction, historical
- fiction, historical, general
- fiction, psychological
- freundin
- jealousy
- jeunes femmes
- junge frau
- large type books
- lebemann
- manners and customs
- man-woman relationships
- man-woman relationships, fiction
- new year
- new york (n.y.), fiction
- new york times bestseller
- new york times reviewed
- nineteen thirties
- nyt:hardcover-fiction=2011-08-14
- relations entre hommes et femmes
- roman
- romans, nouvelles
- schickeria
- social life and customs
- upper class
- wall street (new york, n.y.), fiction
- young women
- young women, fiction