We Came Here to Shine

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Product Details

Price
$16.99  $15.80
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Publish Date
Pages
384
Dimensions
5.4 X 8.3 X 1.0 inches | 0.7 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781250169785

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About the Author

SUSIE ORMAN SCHNALL grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. Her writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Huffington Post, POPSUGAR, Writer's Digest, and Glamour. She is also the author of The Subway Girls and of the award-winning novels On Grace and The Balance Project. Susie has spoken extensively on work-life balance and is the founder of The Balance Project interview series. She lives in Purchase, NY, with her husband and their three sons.

Reviews

On the thrilling backdrop of the 1939 World's Fair, Schnall once again delivers a story both captivating and timely, as two women must struggle to make their way in a male-dominated world in this beautiful novel of friendship and ambition. - Jennifer S. Brown, bestselling author of Modern Girls

Susie Orman Schnall's WE CAME HERE TO SHINE offers readers a perfect escape. It's the absolutely delightful story of Vivi and Max, two young women who are chasing their dreams at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City. This novel beautifully illustrates the importance of female friendships and how, at certain times in life, they can help you be strong enough to live the life you've always imagined. In many ways, the third fascinating character in this book is the 1939 World's Fair itself, as Schnall's lush descriptions of the fair's pavilions and amusements leap off of the page. I cannot recommend it enough! -Jane Healey, Bestselling Author of The Beantown Girls

"At its heart, WE CAME HERE TO SHINE pulses with tenacity, ambition, and friendship as two enterprising women find their paths to the future through the power of sisterhood. This wonderful story glows with colorful historical details and delivers a behind-the-scenes ticket to the wonders and woes of New York's 1939 World's Fair." - Elise Hooper, author of Fast Girls, The Other Alcott, and Learning to See

"Set at the wondrous 1939 World's Fair, Orman Schnall's latest bursts like a technicolor movie right off the page, as her two heroines battle for their rights in what's very much a man's world, forging a remarkable bond in the process. An ode to female friendship that pulses with momentum and left me breathless."
--Fiona Davis, national bestselling author of The Chelsea Girls

"We Came Here to Shine is an exceptional work of historical fiction, illuminating the challenges of women in a world that wants to control them. There are conflicts and challenges at every turn, leaving the reader wondering how the characters can emerge from it all. Yet the skillful storytelling of Schnall succeeds at creating an ending that is both surprising and believable. Pick this one up if you enjoy books with friendship, love, struggle, triumph, and a bit of Hollywood in New York." - Camille Di Maio, Bestselling author of The Memory of Us

We Came Here to Shine is a perfectly crafted and dynamic tale of female ambition, professional rivalry, and family secrets, all set against the sensational backdrop of the 1939 New York World's Fair. An unlikely friendship between a struggling Hollywood starlet and a budding female journalist becomes the extraordinary centerpiece of this beautifully-told story, which reveals not only the glamorous and optimistic side of the Fair, but the sordid reality of what goes on behind the scenes. With masterful attention to historical detail, Susie Orman Schnall has gifted us with a remarkable novel about the challenges women face and the courage they must summon in order to lead the lives they deserve. - Lynda Cohen Loigman, author of The Two-Family House