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Dollface: A Novel of the Roaring Twenties
NAL. Nov. 2013. 384p. ISBN 9780451419200. pap. $15. F
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Gun molls, speakeasies, gangsters, jazz, flappers, Prohibition, and Al Capone—it's the Roaring Twenties, and Vera Abramowitz is ready to bust loose. Vera, or Dollface, as her North Side "gentlemen's gangster" lover Shep Green calls her, is tired of the stink of the meatpacking industry hanging on her mother's house and escapes to Chicago for independence and a little fun. Fortunately, a pretty girl can drink and dance all she wants in the Green Mill speakeasy. Vera finds passion with a handsome bootlegger named Tony along the way, complicating the solid, safe relationship she has with Shep—well, as safe as a relationship with a high-level gangster can get.
VERDICT Rosen, author of the YA novel Every Crooked Pot, has done her homework and written a flashy story that is more than your average gangster noir. As Vera's life unfolds and the consequences of her choices become clear, the novel evolves with her—from a coming-of-age tale, to a love story, and, finally, a lesson on redemption and coming home. Those interested in novels set in the 1920s and all things Gatsby will not be disappointed.
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