⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A delightful, captivating read. This book has been on my TBR shelf for a couple of years now and my only regret is that I didn't pick it up sooner to read. I loved everything about it from the insights into life in the 1950s to the excerpts from advice columns/books at that time...to the backstories of all the characters and how they were all interwoven into this gossipy read. It's a longer than usual read (around 500 pages) but I was hooked.