She has one last chance to prove she chose the right course for her
life.
In 1908, young Dorothy Tuckerman chafes under the bland, beige
traditions of her socialite circles. Only the aristocracy's annual
summer trips to The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia spark her
imagination. In this naturally beautiful place, an unexpected romance
with an Italian racecar driver gives Dorothy a taste of the passion and
adventure she wants. But her family intervenes, sentencing Dorothy to
the life she hopes to escape.
Thirty-eight years later, as World War II draws to a close, Dorothy has
done everything a woman in the early twentieth century should not: she
has divorced her husband--scandalous--and established America's first
interior design firm--shocking. Now, Dorothy returns to The Greenbrier
with the assignment to restore it to something even greater than its
original glory. With her beloved company's future hanging in the balance
and brimming with daring, unconventional ideas, Dorothy has one more
chance to give her dreams wings or succumb to her what society tells her
is her inescapable fate.
Based on the true story of famed designer Dorothy Draper, The Grand
Design is a moving tale of one woman's quest to transform the walls
that hold her captive.
"Five Stars!" --Carleton Varney, president of Dorothy Draper & Company,
Inc.
"As captivating and confident as the heroine at its center." --Kristy
Woodson Harvey, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding
Veil
"Full of luscious details of fashion and luxury!" --Kelly O'Connor
McNees, author of The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott
"A dazzling, intimate portrait." --Louise Claire Johnson, author of
Behind the Red Door
"Historical fiction at its finest!" --Elyssa Friedland, author of Last
Summer at the Golden Hotel
- Historical novel centered around America's first female interior
designer
- Stand-alone novel
- Book length: 109,000 words
- Includes discussion questions for book clubs
