About the Book: City of Girls
It is the summer of 1940. Nineteen-year-old vivian morris arrives in new york
with her Suitcase and sewing machine, exiled by her despairing parents. Although
her Quicksilver talents with a needle and commitment to mastering the perfect
hair roll have Been deemed insufficient for her to pass into her sophomore year
of vassar, she soon Finds gainful employment as the self-appointed seamstress at
the lily playhouse, her Unconventional aunt pegs charmingly disreputable
manhattan revue theatre. There, Vivian quickly becomes the toast of the
showgirls, transforming the trash and tinsel only Fit for the cheap seats into
creations for goddesses. Exile in