A haunting meditation on the bonds between mothers and daughters. Zeldis offers a fascinating
look into historic New York City and New Orleans and her skill as a storyteller is matched by
her compassion for her characters. What a beautiful read.-Fiona Davis New York Times
bestselling author of The Magnolia Palace By turns heartbreaking and heartwarming Kitty
Zeldis's The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights set against the backdrop of the
not-always-so-roaring Twenties is an only-in-America story of reinvention rising above
tragedy and finding family.-Lauren Willig New York Times bestselling author of Band of
Sisters For fans of Fiona Davis Beatriz Williams and Joanna Goodman a mesmerizing historical
novel from Kitty Zeldis the author of Not Our Kind about three women in 1920s New York City
and the secrets they hold. Brooklyn 1924. As New York City enters the jazz age the lives of
three very different women are about to converge in unexpected ways. Recently arrived from New
Orleans Beatrice is working to establish a chic new dress shop with help from Alice the
orphaned teenage ward she brought north with her. Down the block newlywed Catherine is
restless in her elegant brownstone longing for a baby she cannot conceive. When Bea befriends
Catherine and the two start to become close Alice feels abandoned and envious and runs away
to Manhattan. Her departure sets into motion a series of events that will force each woman to
confront the painful secrets of her past in order to move into the happier future she seeks.
Moving from the bustling streets of early twentieth century New York City to late
nineteenth-century Russia and the lively quarters of New Orleans in the 1910s The Dressmakers
of Prospect Heights is a story of the families we are born into and the families we choose and
of the unbreakable bonds between women.
