The Chelsea Girls.

the Chelsea girls.
Fiona davis.

Publisher  Dutton.

Publication Date:July30,2019.

Genre: Historical Fiction.

Format|Pages: Hardcover|368.

 Source:  Goodreads|Library.

CONTAINS SPOILERS

From the dramatic redbrick facade to the sweeping staircase dripping with art, the Chelsea Hotel has long been New York City's creative oasis for the many artists, writers, musicians, actors, filmmakers, and poets who have called it home—a scene playwright Hazel Riley and actress Maxine Mead are determined to use to their advantage. Yet they soon discover that the greatest obstacle to putting up a show on Broadway has nothing to do with their art, and everything to do with politics. A Red scare is sweeping across America, and Senator Joseph McCarthy has started a witch hunt for Communists, with those in the entertainment industry in the crosshairs. As the pressure builds to name names, it is more than Hazel and Maxine's Broadway dreams that may suffer as they grapple with the terrible consequences, but also their livelihood, their friendship, and even their freedom.



Spanning from the 1940s to the 1960s, The Chelsea Girls deftly pulls back the curtain on the desperate political pressures of McCarthyism, the complicated bonds of female friendship, and the siren call of the uninhibited Chelsea Hotel. 

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Outstanding, Delightful, Memorable, Captivating.



This story… A lot of emotions are going through me at this moment. THE CHELSEA GIRLS captivated me from start until the end. I came across the book on goodreads a few months earlier, the cover was what caught my attention and I was curious about it. Finding that it was historical fiction, I knew that I had to check out. My only regret is that I didn’t read it sooner. THE CHELSEA GIRLS was beautifully written and a story that will stay with you long after you finish it. I was thinking about it for some time afterwards. Maxine and Hazel were both wonderful characters and I loved reading their stories. It’s a story about friendship, betrayal. When Hazel first met Maxine, I felt as she wasn’t fond of her and I didn’t think that the two of them would end up best friends. I am glad that they did, and I felt that their friendship was something special, both Hazel and Maxine went through so much and I think that having each other, helped them through it. Once I found Maxine’s secret, which even I didn’t see coming, I hoped that Hazel never found out about out, knowing that it wouldn’t end well if she did. My heart broke of how their friendship came to end, though there was a part of me that hoped that they could reunite and that their friendship would go back to how it used to be.



THE CHELSEA GIRLS was the first book that I read by FIONA DAVIS and I have heard a lot of good things about the author, and now that I read her book, I know why. Now that I have read one of her books, I am eager to check the rest of her books out. THE CHELSEA GIRLS is mysterious as well and it has twists that even I didn’t see coming while I was reading it. I liked most of the characters, expect for Arthur and I feel as he was the one that broke her. I do wish that she got away from him, but at the same time I understood why she didn’t. Arthur was the one character that I couldn’t like what he did to Maxine and how he treated her, I was actually afraid for her. You will go through a lot of emotions while reading THE CHELSEA GIRLS . This was written about era that I didn’t read about before and I have read a lot of historical fiction. I felt as I learned a lot just from reading the book.



That ending, it was unexpected. I was in shock. Of course, I couldn’t help but wonder what happened to the characters after. THE CHELSEA GIRLS is a book that will have you thinking, and it will inspire you. It inspired me. If you are fan of historical fiction, theater that will have you on edge of your seat, pick up copy of THE CHELSEA GIRLS, you will be glad that you did.