As a sucker for fairy tales, this book satisfied just about everything I’ve ever wanted in a book. A reimagining of the Twelve Dancing Princesses and set in the 1920’s, we follow the Hamilton girls who have been cruelly imprisoned by their father in their home. Disappointed that he has no male heirs, he neither has affection nor time for most of his daughters. He speaks to his eldest Jo (Josephine) imparting his wishes and edicts but other than that, he has no relationship with […]
The Twelve Dancing Princesses, circa 1920
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club is a reimagining of the fairy tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses set in 1920s New York city. It features twelve lovely and lively sisters, their miserly and evil king-like father, speak easies, bootleggers and flappers. The girls’ mother has died and dad, disappointed in having no male heir, has kept his girls imprisoned their entire lives in the upstairs of their Fifth Avenue house. Mr. Hamilton is a shrewd businessman but terrible father. Oldest daughter Jo, in order to […]