Hazel Gaynor - A girl a Savoyból

Sometimes life only gives you woolen socks. There are floor-length Chanel...

Dolly Lane is a true dreamer; the disembowelled maid has every desire to dance on a London stage, but her life is torn in two by the Great War. The memories of his former military love, his hidden shame and painful losses prompt him to try his luck in the hope of a better life.
When she gets a job as a maid in one of London's best hotels, the Savoy, she gets one step closer to her dreams, the young generation under the spell of champagne, jazz and rebellion. But you can only observe the glittering life from the coastline, you must remain unnoticed and insignificant.
But following an advertisement, she soon finds herself in the breathtaking hustle and bustle of London's theater scene, among celebrated stars such as Loretta May and her brother Perry, who, while seemingly having everything, are also looking for something.
Balanced on the edge of the chasm between the real world and the dream world, Dolly is faced with difficult decisions: she has to choose between two men, two social classes and two diametrically opposed ways of life. One fulfills his everyday life, the other fulfills his dreams. The bright future is tantalizingly close; but can a girl like Dolly break with her past?

Hazel Gaynor's fascinating historical novel fizzes like the finest champagne and is every bit as exciting as the post-Great War era.