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A review by bookapotamus
Hotel Laguna by Nicola Harrison, Nicola Harrison
4.0
I've loved Nicola’s books since her debut, and this is another amazing story of a woman going for what she wants and pursuing her dreams. It also centers around a 40-year-old scandal surrounding a mysterious missing painting and so, of course, I needed to paint it
After the war Hazel is a bit lost. She loved being a “Rosie the Riveter” constructing bombers, but now that the men are home, they need their jobs back, and the women are directed to go back to “just being wives and mothers."
When she finds herself in Laguna Beach, a small bohemian artist town, she accepts the first job she finds - an assistant to a famous artist - and quickly becomes immersed the sunny art world of Southern California.
I am here for any story about art, and I really loved her vivid descriptions of not only place and time, but also of color, brush strokes, and light - such phenomenal writing where you can almost picture the paintings in front of you!
Add in a hunky hotel bartender, her grumpy boss, a wannabe starlet, and a fun community of characters putting together a living art show - and we get a gorgeous story of found family, secrets and dreams, and finding change in yourself in a world changing around you.
After the war Hazel is a bit lost. She loved being a “Rosie the Riveter” constructing bombers, but now that the men are home, they need their jobs back, and the women are directed to go back to “just being wives and mothers."
When she finds herself in Laguna Beach, a small bohemian artist town, she accepts the first job she finds - an assistant to a famous artist - and quickly becomes immersed the sunny art world of Southern California.
I am here for any story about art, and I really loved her vivid descriptions of not only place and time, but also of color, brush strokes, and light - such phenomenal writing where you can almost picture the paintings in front of you!
Add in a hunky hotel bartender, her grumpy boss, a wannabe starlet, and a fun community of characters putting together a living art show - and we get a gorgeous story of found family, secrets and dreams, and finding change in yourself in a world changing around you.