Summer at Tiffany profile picture

Summer at Tiffany

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

SUMMER AT TIFFANY is NOW IN ITS 8TH PRINTING!!!!Do you remember the best summer of your life?This Spring read a memoir 60 years in the making - SUMMER AT TIFFANY , on sale April 3, 2007 from William Morrow/HarperCollins – and be transported back to 1945. What people are saying about SUMMER AT TIFFANY“In this glorious once upon a time fairytale come true, two beautiful college debs from Iowa make it to New York City, end up working at Tiffany’s and living the dream of every career girl of the 1940s. Marjorie Hart’s charming and delicious account of her most memorable summer captures a time when women had moxie, wore proper hats and gloves and burned with ambition to make it in the big city. I loved every moment!” —Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia"A charming story of a charmed summer in an era gone by. I didn't want Marjorie Hart's effervescent memoir to end." —Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author of Baby ProofDiscover SUMMER AT TIFFANY…New York City, 1945. Marjorie Jacobson and her best friend, Marty Garrett, arrive fresh from the Kappa house at the University of Iowa hoping to find summer positions as shopgirls. Turned away from the top department stores, they miraculously find jobs as pages at Tiffany & Company, becoming the first women to ever work on the sales floor—a diamond-filled day job replete with Tiffany blue shirtwaist dresses from Bonwit Teller's—and the envy of all their friends.Hart takes us back to the magical time when she and Marty rubbed elbows with the rich and famous; pinched pennies to eat at the Automat; experienced nightlife at La Martinique; and danced away their weekends with dashing midshipmen. Between being dazzled by Judy Garland's honeymoon visit to Tiffany, celebrating VJ Day in Times Square, and mingling with Café society, she fell in love, learned unforgettable lessons, made important decisions that would change her future, and created the remarkable memories she now shares with all of us.We would love to hear about the best summer of your life. Send an email to [email protected] to share your story.To receive updates on SUMMER AT TIFFANY click HERE to sign up for Author Tracker.
THE SUMMER AT TIFFANY I-POD PLAYLIST"O SOAVE FANCIULLA" (Puccini’s La Boheme Act I)/ Mirella Freni/Luciano Pavarotti/Roland PaneraiAMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL/Boys Choir of HarlemBEGUIN THE BEGUINE/Artie ShawnBRAHMS CELLO SONATA IN E MINORCHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO/Tex BenekeDRUM BOOGIE/Gene KrupaEMBRACEABLE YOU/Judy GarlandJEEPERS CREEPERS/Louis ArmstrongLETS CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF/Fred Astaire and Ginger RogersLOVE WALKED RIGHT IN/Sammy Kaye OrchestraON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET/Frankie LaineS’WONDERFUL/Glenn Miller OrchestraSWEET GEORGIA BROWN/Ben BernieTHAT OLD BLACK MAGIC/Glenn Miller OrchestraTHANK YOU FOR VISITING MY SITE!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Kappas past and present, University of Iowa alumni, Story City residents past and present...other pages from Tiffany who followed in our footsteps!

My Blog

A new book recalls Summer at Tiffany

The Red Leather Diary is a new book coming out that Bookpage says... "reads like E.L. Doctorow’s Ragtime in places, with all the famous paths crossed and situations experienced; while descriptio...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:31:00 GMT

WORDS ALIVE

On October 11, I spoke at the WORDS ALIVE luncheon in San Diego, please take time to stop by their site.  WORDS ALIVE  is a non-profit organization that helps at-risk children and teen...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:50:00 GMT

BACK TO PRESS FOR THE SEVENTH TIME!

I'm thrilled to hear that the book went back to press for the 7TH TIME!
Posted by on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:49:00 GMT

SUMMER AT TIFFANY remains on the LA Times Bestseller List at 11!

Thrilled to pieces!!!!
Posted by on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:43:00 GMT

THE BOOK IS A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER!

On August 26th, SUMMER AT TIFFANY appeared at number 9 on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list!!!!
Posted by on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:55:00 GMT

50,000 copies in print!

Thrilling news, SUMMER AT TIFFANY has just got back to press for the 6th time, there are now 50,000 copies in print (34,000 more than when the book went on sale back in April).   Thank ...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:02:00 GMT

BOOKCLUB TRIVIA.....

take the SUMMER AT TIFFANY quiz with your book club!1.  Who was President of the United States when World War II ended?A)  Harry S.TrumanB) Franklin D. RooseveltC) Lyndon B. JohnsonD) Dwight...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:02:00 GMT

MOVING UP THAT BESTSELLER LIST!

this week SUMMER AT TIFFANY was 37 on the BOOKSENSE national bestseller list that tracks sales at independent stores across the country!    TOO too exciting!  
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:50:00 GMT

BACK ON THE BOOKSENSE BESTSELLER LIST!

SUMMER AT TIFFANY is back on the BOOKSENSE national bestseller list (extended) -- coming in at #49!!!      The book has been on sale for 14 weeks and new readers keep dis...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:22:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE

This weekend famed editor Arthur Salm (the books editor for the San Diego Union Tribune) published this piece on SUMMER AT TIFFANY in the "Passages" section of the paper which is devoted to read...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:51:00 GMT