Wild Ladies and the Blues: A Fascinating and Progressive Novel of Historic Fiction

“Bold and gorgeous.” —Stephanie Dray, New York Instances bestselling creator

 

“Vibrant…A extremely entertaining learn!” —Ellen Marie Wiseman New York Instances Bestselling creator of THE ORPHAN COLLECTOR

 

“The music virtually pours out of the pages of Denny S. Bryce’s historic novel, set among the many artists and dreamers of the Twenties.”
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In a stirring and impeccably researched novel of Jazz-age Chicago in all its vibrant life, two tales intertwine practically 100 years aside, as a refrain lady and a movie scholar take care of loss, forgiveness, and love…in all its pleasure, disappointment, and imperfections.

 

“Why would I discuss to you about my life? I do not know you, and even when I did, I do not inform my story to only any boy with lengthy hair, who most likely smokes weed.You wanna hear about me. You gotta inform me one thing about you. To make this price my whereas.”

 

1925: Chicago is the jazz capital of the world, and the Dreamland Café is the ritziest black-and-tan membership on the town. Honoree Dalcour is a sharecropper’s daughter, prepared to work laborious and dance each evening on her technique to the highest. Dreamland affords a path to the great life, socializing with celebrities like Louis Armstrong and filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. However Chicago can also be awash in bootleg whiskey, playing, and gangsters. And a younger girl pushed by ambition may danger greater than she will stand to lose.

 

2015: Movie scholar Sawyer Hayes arrives on the bedside of 110-year-old Honoree Dalcour, nonetheless reeling from a devastating loss that has taken him proper to the brink. Sawyer has rested all his hope on this frail however formidable girl, the one dwelling hyperlink to the legendary Oscar Micheaux. If he’s proper—if she will fill within the blanks in his analysis, maybe he can full his thesis and start a brand new chapter in his life. However the hyperlinks Honoree makes should not ones he’s anticipating . . .

 

Piece by piece, Honoree reveals her previous and her secrets and techniques, whereas Sawyer fights tooth and nail to maintain his. It’s a narrative of braveness and ambition, scorching jazz and illicit passions. And as previous meets current, for Honoree, it’s a remaining likelihood to be really heard and seen earlier than it’s too late. Irrespective of the associated fee . . .

“Immersive, mysterious and evocative; factual in its historical past and nuanced in its creativity.”
—Ms. Journal

“Excellent…Denny S. Bryce is a celebrity!”
—Julia Quinn, New York Instances bestselling creator of the Bridgerton collection

 

“Evocative and entertaining!”
—Laura Kamoie, New York Instances bestselling creator

 

“Wild Ladies and the Blues
 deftly delivers what historic fiction has been lacking.”
—Farrah Rochon USA At this time bestselling creator