The department store was like a school, and Nancy desperately soaked up knowledge from the elegant ladies: how to speak with a pleasing voice, walk gracefully, and dress well...
This was her jungle. Every time she raised her gun, it was to pursue her dream: marrying a wealthy man.
Achieving her goal on a salary of eight dollars a week was no mere pipe dream. Gentlemen had always been partial to shopgirls, and Nancy's predecessors had done well for themselves. She was simply following their example.
Fishing in Havana was a dull life. On the first day she arrived in New York from Havana, she swore she'd win a gentleman's heart and never go back.
A few warnings:
1. ~
2. Lots of landmines and melodrama. Read with an old-school warning detector at the ready!
4. If you're looking to try an unusual style or a flawed, unconventional heroine, this story may not be for you!
5. The author's idea of an unusual style is to write very freely and do whatever comes to mind...
6. For now, the setting is an alternate America blending the 19th and 20th centuries.
2023.8.13
Theme: Nancy's coming-of-age story~
I don't know why San Andreas reminds me of the old man from The Old Man and the Sea. When I searched, his name was Santiago, which looked more like
As expected of a city girl~
When will it be updated again?
"Brooklyn" comes to mind...
"Too much" is a big bug for the author ~ absolutely
The writing is great, but the pitfalls are so shallow.
Come on! Wait for the author to update.
The writing is so good, I can't describe the feeling, as if I have returned to a certain moment when I read the book before. Sunshine, classrooms and roosters on Chinese books.
It's very interesting. I'm looking forward to the next chapter.
The writing style has its own taste, come on