The Barbizon: The Hotel that Set Women Free
By: Paulina Bren
5 Stars
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WOULD recommend everyday all day. The book was placed in the main libraries collection as a memorial for a strong woman who had recently passed. I would not have picked it up otherwise, but due to the fact that it was a memorial for a beloved community member, and the topic, really intrigued me as this is a non-fiction read.
The pages were steeped in history. I mean I never knew about this hotel before. And quite frankly, it has very recent changes to it which made it all the more relevant to understand that this structure still exists in another façade. AND that a few members who stayed in the initial one still lived.
Learning about women in this time frame and the limited access to safe lodging was not surprising. But learning about the background of the hotel and how you had to come about being someone who could stay was interesting to learn more in-depth about. It was really neat to learn side-by-side about a magazine that had been instrumental in keeping the hotel so relevant, and even more the other entities that used the hotel for lodging of its workers.
I also listened to this as an audio book and absotootly loved the narrator. Her tone and infliction really brought the book even more to life. I would recommend listening to her in another format and book as well.
(AS)
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