Rating: 5/5
Review:
Wow. I loved this book so dang much. I love anything and everything that Ruta writes! After reading quite a few thrillers this month, picking up this historical fiction novel was exactly what I needed. Out of the Easy is set in the French Quarter of New Orleans, 1950. The story follows Josie Moraine, the teenage daughter of a brother prostitute, trying her best to get out of New Orleans and make a name for herself. Things are starting to look up: she is finally able to save up some money after working at the bookstore and cleaning rooms at the brothel. She has decided to apply for college far away from the Quarter. But things take a turn when there is a mysterious death in town that Josie somehow becomes involved in. Her life quickly becomes complicated and dangerous. The choices that Josie makes moving forward become ever so important. Can she get out of New Orleans?
Ruta Sepetys is such a wonderful writer. I love all of her stories and I urge you to try this one!
Synopsis:
“It’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of life than the Big Easy has to offer. She devises a plan get out, but a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves Josie tangled in an investigation that will challenge her allegiance to her mother, her conscience, and Willie Woodley, the brusque madam on Conti Street.
Josie is caught between the dream of an elite college and a clandestine underworld. New Orleans lures her in her quest for truth, dangling temptation at every turn, and escalating to the ultimate test.
With characters as captivating as those in her internationally bestselling novel Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys skillfully creates a rich story of secrets, lies, and the haunting reminder that decisions can shape our destiny.”
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