About the Book
When two brave
women flee from the Communist Red Scare, they soon discover that no future is
free from the past.
Amid the glitz and glamour of 1950s New York, Phoebe Adler
pursues her dream of screenwriting. A dream that turns into a living nightmare
when she is blacklisted—caught in the Red Menace that is shattering the lives
of suspected Communists. Desperate to work, she escapes to London, determined
to keep her dream alive and clear her good name.
There, Phoebe befriends fellow American exile Hannah Wolfson,
who has defied the odds to build a career as a successful television producer
in England. Hannah is a woman who has it all, and is now gambling everything in
a very dangerous game—the game of hiring blacklisted writers.
Neither woman suspects that danger still looms . . . and
their fight is only just beginning.
My Review
I don’t read historical fiction often, but every once in a while a title will catch my eye and I decided to give it a go. Red Letter Days stuck out to me, perhaps because of Phoebe Adler being a screenwriter, and I’m glad I accepted it for review. While it started off a tad slow for me and I questioned myself a bit for veering away from my usual genres, it did eventually pick up and I ended up happy I read it. I recommended this book recently in my podcast, because there’s just something fascinating about learning history – obvious, right? But especially in our current climate (writing this review going on six weeks of social distancing) it’s especially interesting to learn about how past generations handled hardships – and what their hardships were. Overall, while this book wasn’t a 5-star favorite for me, I still really enjoyed it and would recommend, especially if you are a historical fiction fan.
4 stars
