![]() ![]() ![]() Peggy, against her families wishes takes a job at the Moonrise Bookstore, and lives with her ex teacher. Peggy wants to do something with her life, not be the archetypal rich girl, who waits to be married to the son of another rich family and provide heirs. Set in New York 1911, the Battenberg family are one of the richest in America, with the Vanderbilts and Rockerfellas, so want for nothing. ![]() It’s always good to start the year with a brilliant book and Dreamland was a fabulous start to 2020. And as bodies begin to mount up amidst the sweltering clamor of Coney Island, it seems the powerful Batternbergs can get away with anything… even murder. Despite hailing from one of America’s richest families, Peggy would much rather spend the summer working at the Moonrise Bookstore than keeping up appearances with New York City socialites and her snobbish, controlling family.īut soon it transpires that the hedonism of Coney Island affords Peggy the freedom she has been yearning for, and it’s not long before she finds herself in love with a troubled pier-side artist of humble means, whom the Batternberg patriarchs would surely disapprove of.ĭisapprove they may, but hidden behind their pomposity lurks a web of deceit, betrayal, and deadly secrets. The invitation to Coney Island is unwelcome. The year is 1911 when twenty-year-old heiress Peggy Batternberg is invited to spend the summer in America’s Playground. ![]()
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