Vivi an
actress tries to make it as an actress but was promised a part in a major movie
if she would go to the 1939 World’s Fair and work as a swimmer in the
Aquacade. Max dreams of making it as a
journalist, hoping to win a contest in which she will have her next year of
schooling paid for. Instead she is sent
by her Professor to work in the office of the 1939 Worlds Fair. She finds that she won’t be writing articles,
woman isn’t accepted as journalists at that time and all of the articles are
given to her male partner.
The two
girls have their paths cross and start to put their heads together so that they
can get out of their individual assignments what they wish for. There is much going on at the Worlds Fair as
described in this book. The characters
are well written and believable. The
ending is a surprise. They actually find
that in the end, they can get what they wish for or rather what they hadn’t
thought of to wish for. The book was
well researched, with much information regarding this first Worlds Fair. I do wish she would have included more
information on the fair but it’s obvious that she did delve into the history of
this first event and she does include quite a bit of information from that time. She included as much as she needed in order
to back the story of these very different ladies and the story line she wanted
to weave.
I did
receive this book through Goodreads I believe in the mail. The thoughts and opinions of this book are
entirely my own and freely given.
Gorgeous Vivi is about to begin filming her first starring role in a Hollywood picture when the studio head ships her off to New York as a favor to a friend. She’s assigned the leading role in the heralded Aquacade synchronized swimming spectacular at the World’s Fair, a fate she believes will destroy her film career. If she performs well, she’ll have another chance at stardom, but with everything working against her, will her summer lead to opportunity or failure?
Plucky Max dreams of becoming a serious journalist, but when her job at the New York Times doesn’t pan out, she finds herself begrudgingly working for the daily paper of the World’s Fair. As her ideas are continually overlooked by her male counterparts and her career prospects are put in jeopardy, Max must risk everything to change the course of her life.
When Max and Vivi’s worlds collide, they forge an enduring friendship. One that teaches them to go after what matters most during the most meaningful summer of their lives.
