Rules of Civility

Bookclub book. My copy: bought new.

This is another literate and engaging tale by Amor Towles, who is rapidly becoming one of my favorite authors. Be aware this tale is not what it seems; but then, neither is life what we planned. This novel approaches "brilliance".

I love this prose and just-breezy-enough style. Captures the ambiance of the '30s and (what I imagine) the loftiest of the upper classes might be like.

Katey Kontent is flawed but not unlikeable. She made good choices--maybe not the best--but was wise enough to be thankful for having choices to make. I really like that reflection.

It was okay, we listened to the audio book partially on a summer road trip and finished it off at home. It was a little purple - we joked a bit about the constant similes - but the aristocratic New York setting was fun and the characters were memorable.

A 'memoir', of a middle-aged woman in the 60's remembering her youth. Specifically, the people and events in the year of 1938 that set the course of her adult life. Not much in the way of a plot, but the characters were well drawn, and the writing superb.