Review: "The Girls at the Kingfisher Club" by Genevieve Valentine

You are not ready for vacation unless you have this book packed too!! This is an entertaining fictional story about 12 (yes 12) sisters who are kept hidden in the attic by their father, teach themselves to dance from the movies and start stealing out of the house at night to go to the speakeasies and dance the night away. Their world comes crashing down when their father starts to suspect and makes other plans for their lives to financial benefit him.

Genevieve Valentine does a brilliant job weaving a realistic and believable story. There are surprises that keep you turning pages. She makes you feel the sisters’ joy in dancing and the dismay at the life they are forced to endure and the choices they are driven to make. My only disappointment is I would have liked to read more historical facts woven into the story.

Pick up suntan lotion, your beach chair and this book and settle down by the ocean, you won’t be disappointed.