This is a sweet little book about the women who frequent/own a vintage clothing shop.

I found it a bit too on the nose with the plot and lots of the dialogue was stilted but it was precisely the kind of book I needed to be reading right now.

If you have it, go ahead and read it, but I wouldn't go out of my way to get it. ( )

Another quick read--which is what I'm needing during this pandemic. Violet runs a vintage clothing store, and becomes friends with a pregnant teenager, a disenchanted Indian housewife, and a would-be actress turned mom. They are all running from different things, are all broken in some way(s), but all have gifts and insights to offer each other. Bonus: it takes place in Madison. ( )

I am starting to really like the "vintage" genre romance and chick-lit novels that are coming out lately. I think it's because most of the clothes, appliances, dishes, harkens back to an earlier time and people like imaging themselves as debutantes at a ball.

This novel focuses on three women who come into contact due to a vintage store, Hourglass Vintage, that is located in Madison, Wisconsin. These women are Violet, April, and Amithi.

Violet owns Hourglass Vintage, but due to an unexpected development by the owner of her building may found herself without a home or store in a few short months. April is 18 years old, pregnant, and alone. Dealing with the death of her mother a few months earlier and her fiancee breaking off her wedding, she interns at Violet's store. Amithi comes into Violet's store trying her best to give away clothes that she feels are tainted by her husband's betrayal.

I loved all three of these women as characters. However, Amithi's storyline really did not flow with the rest of the story lines in this novel. I think her storyline would have made a great standalone novel or a sequel to Vintage: A Novel. April and Violet's story lines are more closely entwined since they both are working at the store and becoming closer to each other. Amithi would drop in here and there but was not really involved with them at all. A side character, in this novel, Lane, was more interesting to me and actually would have fit in nicely with Violet and April's storyline. I found myself more interested in Lane since she seemed to have such a surreal life as an actress that had her giving that up to be a wife and mother.

I can't wait to see what Susan Gloss writes next. ( )

A sweet book about 3 women who become friends thanks to the Vintage shop that Violet owns. They all have their problems in life and love.

I loved the chapter headings with vintage things that Violet had in her store and the stories behind them and how they related to the people she got them from and also how they related to the chapter.

I will definitely read her newest one coming out in 2019. ( )

The story takes place at a time in the life of Violet when a lot of things are about to change. In a short amount of time, she finds out she may lose the building she lives in and runs her business from, and she meets April and Amithi. They are also at huge crossroads in their own lives.
The story alternates between the three characters' views.

I really enjoyed the friendships and I loved the stories about all the vintage clothes.

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