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Publication Date: September 17, 2024
Page count: 412 pages
Spring 1946--Following four years of war on the heels of the decade-long Great Depression, Americans are finally feeling a sense of hope that begins sweeping the nation…
Jo-Jo Anderson feels that optimism too. Slipping the reins of her Iowa farming town, Jo leaves to make her mark on the entertainment scene in Manhattan. Audiences are clamoring for new musicals on Broadway, nightclubs are flourishing, and NYC is the beating heart of the radio networks. After arriving, Jo-Jo quickly realizes that thousands of would-be stars are following her same ambitions, making opportunities scarce, but her luck begins to turn when she hears about Talent Jackpot.
Her twin, Sarah, finds success with her studies as a scholarship student at the University of Iowa. But Sarah is adrift socially, finding it difficult to forge friendships. Her perfectly planned life is upended when her hometown boyfriend announces he’s suddenly joined the navy. Sarah’s top grades draw the attention of a crusty biology professor and after accepting his offer of a lab position, her rigid lifestyle gets a lot more complicated.
This novel tells a story of unexpected change. The twins make their way through multiple challenges with humor, ambition, and heartbreak but remain tied together by the bonds of sisterhood, winding their way through the seedier backdoors of the entertainment business, and into college dorm life and love nest apartments.
With the historical backdrop of the post WW2 era, Falling From The Nest, reads as a stand-alone story but also serves as a sequel to author Bobbie Candas’ previous novel, The Lost and Found of Green Tree.
She walked away, high-heeling down 45th. Once she turned her back, I watched her go. Head held high and confident, shiny auburn hair topped by a stylish, angled hat, shoulder pads emphasizing strong shoulders, a slim waistline, and a most decided stride. A woman who knew where she was going and was out to get it. There was little doubt in my frightened mind. Out of the seven-and-a-half-million people living in New York City, I’d just run into the only person I could have possibly known…my former kidnapper, a lady I had once called Mother. She appeared not to have recognized me, but somehow, even after twelve years, I knew it was Nanette Jorgenson.
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