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Rules of Civility

by Amor Towles

FictionNineteen thirtiesMan-woman relationshipsUpper classYoung womenLarge type booksFiction, historicalYoung women, fiction

A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multi-millionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well, and a single-minded widow.

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Book data: Open Library