Susan Gloss

This beautiful story of friendship and love follows the patrons of Hourglass Vintage in Madison, Wisconsin where every item in this boutique has its own tale to tell as do the women who are drawn there. 75,000 first printing.

A Novel

Vintage

The follow-up to Susan Gloss's successful debut, Vintage, is a charming mid-western story of artists, inspiration, and how to reinvent your life with purpose and flair. Nell Parker has a PhD in Art History, a loving husband named Josh, and a Craftsman bungalow in Madison, WI. But her last pregnancy ended later in the second trimester, and rather than pausing to grieve, she pushes harder for testing and fertility treatments. Urging Nell to apply for jobs, Josh believes his wife needs something else to focus on other than a baby that may never be. Finding a job turns out to be difficult for an art historian . . . until Nell sees the ad seeking a director for a new nonprofit called the Mansion Hill Artists' Colony. The colony is the brainchild of the late, unconventional society dame Betsy Barrett, who left behind her vast fortune and a killer collection of modern art to establish an artist-in-residency program to be run out of her lakeside mansion. The executor of Betsy's estate simply hands Nell a set of house keys and wishes her luck, leaving her to manage the mansion and the eccentric personalities of the artists who live there on her own. Soon one of the artists, a young metal sculptor named Odin, is keeping the other residents awake with his late-night welding projects. Nell is pretty sure that Annie, a dreadlocked granny known for her avant garde performance pieces, is dealing drugs out of the basement "studio." Meanwhile Paige, an art student from the university, takes up residence in the third-floor turret, experimenting with new printing and design techniques, as well as leading a string of bad boyfriends upstairs when she stumbles home late at night. Despite all the drama, Nell finds something akin to a family among the members of the creative community that she’s brought together. And when her attraction to Odin begins to heat up, Nell is forced to decide what will bring her greater joy—the creative, inspired world she's created, or the familiar but increasingly fragile one of her marriage.

The Curiosities

A sparkling debut novel centered around a Midwestern vintage clothing shop and a group of women who eventually transform the store and each others₂ lives.

The Joy Collector

A small-town girl with a flair for fashion, Violet Turner had always dreamed of owning a shop like Hourglass Vintage. But when faced with the possibility of losing the store to an unscrupulous developer, she realizes that despite her usual self-reliance she cannot save it all by herself. Eighteen-year-old April Morgan is nearly five months along in an unplanned pregnancy when her hasty engagement is broken. When she returns the perfect vintage wedding dress to Violet’s shop, she forges an unexpected bond with women who won’t let her give up on her dreams. Betrayed by her husband, Amithi Singh begins selling off her vibrant Indian silk dresses. After decades of housekeeping and parenting a daughter who rejects her traditional ways, she fears her best days are behind her . . . until she discovers an outlet for her creativity with a needle and thread. Vintage is a charming tale of possibility, of finding renewal, love, and hope when we least expect it.

Violet hat ihre Liebe zu alten Dingen zu ihrem Lebensinhalt gemacht. Ihr Laden „Vintage Hourglass“ ist eine Fundgrube für Liebhaberstücke. Jeder ihrer Schätze hat eine ganz besondere Geschichte zu erzählen, und Violet kennt sie alle. Nur über die eigene Vergangenheit verliert sie kein Wort, zu schmerzvoll ist die Erinnerung an eine enttäuschte Liebe. Und dann schneit eines Tages die junge April herein und bittet unter Tränen darum, das vor wenigen Wochen erstandene Brautkleid zurückgeben zu dürfen. Wo auf die Männer kein Verlass ist, wird es höchste Zeit, dass die Frauen das Schicksal selbst in die Hand nehmen ...

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