Mad Men meets The Devil Wears Prada as Renee Rosen draws readers into the glamorous New York City of 1965 and Cosmopolitan magazine, where a brazen new editor-in-chief-Helen Gurley Brown-shocks America and saves a dying publication by daring to talk to women about all things off-limits . . .
Renee Rosen is the author of Windy City Blues, White Collar Girl, What the Lady Wants, and Dollface, as well as the young adult novel Every Crooked Pot.
Praise for Park Avenue Summer
“A delightful and empowering read.”—PopSugar
“Renée Rosen is my go-to for whip-smart heroines who love their
work. Park Avenue Summer is a delightful summer cocktail
of a read!”—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author
of The Alice Network
“Filled with wit, heart, and verve, Rosen's novel dazzles and
empowers. Simply wonderful!”—Chanel Cleeton, author of Next Year in
Havana
“Part historical fiction, part coming-of-age story, this is a novel
for our keeper shelves to read and re-read when we begin to doubt
that there is still time to become the best version of ourselves.
Lovely prose, a unique storyline, and a heroine who will stay
with you for a long time make this a book I highly
recommend.”—Karen White, New York Times bestselling author
“A breezy, delightful novel that celebrates female friendship and
ambition. With Park Avenue Summer, Renée Rosen brings legendary
magazine editrix Helen Gurley Brown back to life and captures a
beloved bygone era with acuity, wisdom, and heart.”—Jamie Brenner,
bestselling author of The Forever Summer and The
Husband Hour
“Once again Renée Rosen works her magic, transporting us to the
offices of Helen Gurley Brown’s Cosmopolitan in 1960s New
York, and the result is a delight...Rosen’s command of historical
detail is masterful; so, too, is her ability to create fictional
characters, among them her heroine Alice, who are as fully realized
and compelling as the beguiling Brown herself.”—Jennifer Robson,
internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France
“Rosen delivers a cast of complex and ambitious female protagonists
to truly root for. The Devil Wears Prada meets Mad
Men, Park Avenue Summer is pure joy from cover to cover. I
loved it.”—Hazel Gaynor, New York Times bestselling
author of The Girl Who Came Home
“Pussycats, Renée Rosen brings Helen Gurley Brown to life with all
her cunning, vision, and shocking frugality. Park Avenue Summer is
both a breezy Girl-Takes-Manhattan fairy tale, and a crackling
account of how a brazen editor—against her bosses' better
judgment—invented iconic Cosmopolitan Magazine. This
novel perfectly captures the zeitgeist of 1965.”—Sally Koslow,
author of Another Side of Paradise and bestselling author
of The Late, Lamented Molly Marx
“Renee Rosen combines meticulous research with a true affection for
her characters to bring this heady time movingly to
life.”—Elizabeth Letts, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The
Eighty-Dollar Champion
“This is a satisfying read about one young woman’s attempt to take
advantage of the doors opening for women in 1960s America, and
Alice is a likable complex heroine...Recommended for fans of Fiona
Davis and Melanie Benjamin.”—Library Journal
“Where the book sparkles brightest is in Rosen’s complete success
in creating a soapy, small-town-girl-in-the-big-city story that
includes sophisticated bad boys, designer clothes, and lots of
smoking and day drinking. An ode to idealized 1960s New York, this
champagne bubble of a novel takes the Mad Menapproach to
depicting single, twentysomething women.”—Booklist
“Park Avenue Summer is a sweet, romantic story about making it in
that big city, having your dreams come true, while finding friends,
recapturing family, and finding forever love. Be still my heart. I
loved it and found it hard to put down until the ending. It is a
delicious delight that is simply wonderful! Thank you, Ms.
Rosen.”—Fresh Fiction
“Park Avenue Summer is a frothy and fun cocktail of fact and
fiction, perfect for anyone who has ever been a “Cosmo
Girl.”’—Augusta Chronicle
“Park Avenue Summer is a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse
into the world of the iconic Cosmopolitan magazine and
its equally iconic editor, Helen Gurley Brown…This novel features
strong heroines and intertwines a love story and a mystery, and
most of all, heart. The storyline is fast-paced and utterly
absorbing: a delight from start to finish.”—Historical Novel
Reviews
“Instantly absorbing, thoroughly researched and a fun, breezy read.
It’s like revisiting ‘Mad Men,’ but from Peggy and Joan’s points of
view.”—BookReporter
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