Marjorie HartCritiques

Summer at Tiffany

1. We should not fall apart- Margretha Instead of falling apart take some time to sit down and plan your future and what you want to happen. Then reverse engineer it to make it a success on your terms.
2. We should not show our feelings - Margretha- Have a blank face that only smiles.
3. We should not complain- Margretha. Complaining does nothing. Provide a solution.
4. We should not envy others- Margretha- Envying others means you are not at peace with the gifts God gave you. Do not look at others and what they have or do not have. That is not your concern. Neither are you their concern. Just live your own life. Privately. Away from technology and it’s woes and you will be fine. Mind your life and live the life of your dreams on your own and in your own way at God’s timing. And not man‘s. And you shall be richly blessed and rewarded. Be positive and be a change catalyst for God. Always.

Marjorie Jacobson spent a summer working as a page at Tiffany’s. 1945, Marjorie and her best friend move to New York from Iowa during a summer break from college to find jobs and experience the city. While the author shares funny stories adjusting to a new place and new job, there’s so much more significance to this one particular summer. Marjorie grows into adulthood learning how to manage her finances, dating, and making decisions about her college future. There’s a lot of interesting historical events Marjorie witnessed; the plane crash into the Empire State Building and the ending of WWII.

A delightful little memoir of working at Tiffany in 1945. Full of interesting historical tidbits, but a bit outdated in tone.

Adult nonfiction/memoir. As told by a charming, 82-year-old lady.

This was a quick charming read.

Young women working at Tiffany's in New York the summer the war ended. Lovely story of their lives and work and the family back home.

I love that this is a true story. If it had been fiction, it wouldn't have been as enjoyable. Knowing that the events in the story actually took place made it so fun to read.

Two college girls from Iowa decide to spend the summer in New York City. They don't have much money saved, they don't have jobs lined up and they barely find an apartment in time.
But they've spend their lives reading gossip and glamour magazines and they feel that they must go and see it for themselves.

I love their faith that they will just waltz into the city and find a job. Through an entertaining turn of events, they wind up working at Tiffany's.

At the time, the store had never employed women on the floor, only men. But because of the short supply of male candidates due to the war, and the confidante of these two women, they decide to employ the girls as pages.

They are so proud of the glamorous job.
You could be very proud to have the chance these two did.
They knew even while they were living it that this would be the summer of their lives.

I thought the story was a lot of fun.

How brave these two women were. It was a leap of faith that paid off with memories that lasted them a lifetime.

Fun book about the author's perfect summer. She leaves her little hometown in Iowa to go to work in NYC for the summer. She and a friend from college end up getting jobs at Tiffany and Co. It's actually a true story. This was the summer right at the end of WWII. It actually reads like it should be a movie set in that time period, which is not a detractor. She talks about bringing like 4 changes of clothes and living in a tiny one bedroom apt with her roommate. Her salary at Tiffany' is $20 a week. Stories include her trying to buy a dress that she thinks is marked down to $5 at Bergdorf's and it's actually $50. Or a socialite woman who buys plates for her goddaughter's wedding that are $100 a piece. She and her friend are the first female pages ever employed by Tiffany's. It really draws you in with her wide eyed mid-west naiveté and the totally different world of the very rich where she works.

An extremely enjoyable read. Marjorie Hart has written about what was to be THE summer of her life. She and her best friend Marty journeyed from Iowa to the New York City. Finding work as pages at Tiffany (the first girls to ever work on the showroom floor), Marjorie and Marty take us through a "virtual tour" of the esteemed company. From the celebrities and gangsters that walk through the front door, to the elevators and secret rooms within the building, we get it all. It's a very quick, light read, but one worth reading all the same.

An innocent abroad valentine along the lines of Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. Old fashioned and sweet. You can read it in an afternoon.

rabck from tempestsans; a delightful throwback to the gentler times of 1945. College gals Marjorie and Marty leave their Iowa town for jobs in NYC. Turned down at most 5th ave stores, they use a family plug and land a job as the first female pages on the showroom floor of Tiffany's. This is a time of the end of WWII, military beaus, reading all about celebrities in the fan magazines...and then they show up to shop at Tiffany's!

4**** and a ❤

A delightful memoir of a young woman's "best summer, ever" - on the eve of the end of WW II two young co-eds from Iowa get summer jobs at Tiffany. Written with enthusiasm, and innocence and adventure.

Easy and delightful. I loved this quick read. Perfect for summer.

This is a sweet memoir of a young, naive Iowa college girl and her best friend going to the “big” city in the summer of 1945. The detailed descriptions of the sights and sounds of the city painted an authentic picture of New York City near the end of WWII. I felt I joined Marjorie and Marty as they took their first subway and double-decker rides, lunched at the Automat, and went nightclubbing. It was great fun to read of their adventures and mishaps working at Tiffany. The descriptions of 1940’s fashion added to the richness of the story. I especially enjoyed the little details, such as the stocking stiff painted onto Marjorie’s legs dripping onto a midshipman’s white shoes (as nylons were in short supply due to the war). This was a fun, quick read that I highly recommend.

I read this for the Just For Fun Challenge which encourages reading one book that has been on the TBR shelf for a long time and without doing a review. I still rated this book though. While reading this book, I felt like the author was my friend!

a book with heart and soul, especially if you're interested in mid-20th century social history.

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I thought this was a well written, interesting, if light read. I liked the end where the author described in detail what happened to everyone, though I am not sure why she didn't talk about Jim.

Summer at Tiffany is a memoir of a young college girl of Norwegian heritage who took the bold step to spend her summer break in New York City. Majorie and her best friend from college, Marty, decided to move to New York City for the summer from Iowa with not forethought but luck was on their side. The girls were able to find a furnished flat via connections and "fell into" a job at Tiffany's as the first girl pages employed in the flagship store.

Although the summer of 1945 was my mother's era; the description of an era which occured during World War II was fascinating to me. I did recognized many of the names of celebrities of that era along with long gone landmarks. Having lunch at the Automat on my first visit to New York City was one of the trip's highlights. I loved reading about a time where two young naive girls could enjoy a summer of adventure in the city without too many incidents.

Majorie's description of her family warmed my heart and conjured up my memories of a Norwegian Grandmother...show emotions not! The book is a fast read and entertaining.

A gentle, sweet memoir about the summer of 1945 when Hart and her best friend became the first female floor employees at Tiffany in New York. So nostalgic and warm, full of beautiful girls, glamourous movie stars and doomed soldiers. Highly recommended.

Our December/January book club book.

This is a World War II story about two naive University of Iowa girls and their decision to move to New York City for the summer. They were led to believe there were easy to find and lucrative jobs for dependable Iowans. Instead, they find loads of girls for every opening in all the posh stores.

On a whim they decide to try Tiffany's. They are surprised to be hired as the first two girls on the sales floor. But, they aren't selling - they are pages earning $20/week. Hardly enough to pay for the rent of their two room flat, bus and subway fare and a little left for food. But, the adventure of living in the City makes the lack of money unimportant.

They meet more than one famous person - from a gangster with Marjorie's last name to Marlene Dietrich. They are also in the midst of NYC when a plane hits the Empire State Building and in Times Square with 2 million other excited New Yorkers when the end of the war is announced.

Marjorie discovers love, friendship and excitement. As well as a deep appreciation for her roots back in Iowa.

This was a fun and fast read. Although it reminded me again that memoirs aren't my favorite. I'd rather read a novel based on this summer!

I wish I had read this before our trip to NYC this summer. It would have been fun to find some of the places she mentioned. We did find New Yorkers to be every bit as friendly and supportive as Marjorie did! Maybe some things don't change.

You should read this one! Not many non-fiction books get on my "you should read this book" recommendations, but I really enjoyed this one. An easy read about two college girls from Iowa who go to New York to work in the summer of 1945, and were hired as the first women to work on the sales floor at Tiffany. I enjoyed not only their impressions of the famous personalities of the day, but their simple misunderstandings about life in the big city. I always love WWII era books, especially those about those coping back home or immediately after the war, and this one was a lovely read.

Marjorie Hart’s Summer At Tiffany bears the trademark hue I know so well and immediately caught my eye. It’s a memoir set in 1945, a year that bears the distinction of seeing the end of World War II and a new era of life in America. Marjorie Hart is a young woman from Iowa who arrives in New York City seeking adventure and spends one summer in the city, where she gets a job as one of the first female pages at Tiffany.

Her months in New York are spent learning about the city, eying famous Tiffany patrons and searching to discover her true path in life. As new opportunities arise and threaten to take her farther from her close family and dreams in Iowa, Marjorie must decide whether she should follow the carefully-laid path or venture into unknown territory.

Summer At Tiffany, above all else, is a nostalgic feel-good memoir that had me eager to find a sailor to smooch in Times Square. Did it feel a little glossed-over and a tad too perfect? Sure. But we’re getting Marjorie’s story — and that of her best friend, Marty — some 60-odd years after that summer took place. Of course the author will peer at the past through rose-colored glasses. And of course she’s going to have selective memories involving the mostly good moments that encapsulated that time in her life.

So nothing tawdry happened, of course. Marjorie is a fine blond-haired beauty who experienced nothing more controversial than missing a bus back from the beach. After she and Marty dozed off during their first time seeing the ocean, police officers took pity on them and brought them back to their small apartment. And my favorite part was Hart’s descriptions of the post-war enthusiasm that overwhelmed New York City, drawing everyone into a state of euphoria that is unparalleled.

Hart’s writing is simple but not simplistic. I appreciated her clear anecdotes, interesting descriptions and way of immediately putting me into a scene. And did I salivate over the Tiffany descriptions? Absolutely. It was such fun to read stories about Tiffany’s famous customers, especially Judy Garland, and all the diamond talk had me hankerin’ for a new jewel or two.

Though Hart’s ohmygeegollygosh! talk could get a bit repetitive, I still enjoyed this fun remembrance of an important time in American history — and Marjorie’s life. It’s a fast and fun read that fans of World War II-era books and memoirs will appreciate.½

Marjorie Hart tells the true story of when she and her college friend spend the summer of 1945 in New York City. First they must find a job. Where to look? Tiffany's, of course. All the young men have gone to war, so the job of page is becomes theirs. They have many adventures. This is a MUST read. Such a sweet story during such turbulent times. Great for grandma to share with granddaughter.