Cover Love: Vintage Clothes and Cable Cars
12November 22, 2012 by Alice in Readerland
Cover Love is hosted by Bookshelver’s Anonymous
“After leaving Uncle Chester’s homestead claim, orphan Hattie Brooks throws a lasso around a new dream, even bigger than the Montana sky. She wants to be a reporter, knowing full well that a few pieces published in the Arlington News will not suffice. Real reporters must go to Grand Places, and do Grand Things, like Hattie’s hero Nellie Bly. Another girl might be stymied by this, but Hattie has faced down a hungry wolf and stood up to a mob of angry men. Nothing can squash her desire to write for a big city newspaper. A letter and love token from Uncle Chester’s old flame in San Francisco fuels that desire and Hattie jumps at the opportunity to get there by working as a seamstress for a traveling acting troupe. This could be her chance to solve the mystery of her “scoundrel” uncle and, in the process, help her learn more about herself. But Hattie must first tell Charlie that she will not join him in Seattle. Even though her heart approves of Charlie’s plan for their marriage, her mind fears that saying yes to him would be saying no to herself. Hattie holds her own in the big city, literally pitching her way to a byline, and a career that could be even bigger than Nellie Bly’s. But can making headlines compensate for the pain of betrayal and lost love? Hattie must dig deep to find her own true place in the world. Kirby Larson once again creates a lovingly written novel about the remarkable and resilient young orphan, Hattie Inez Brooks.“
I love San Francisco, cable cars. and vintage clothes so Hattie Ever After was a shoe-in for this week’s Cover Love. I love the Hyde Street Cable Car behind Hattie, the pretty vintage outfit she’s wearing, that Hattie’s holding a book (or notebook), and the beautiful colors of the sky and trees in the background. The book synopsis also mentions reporters, San Francisco, Nellie Bly, a travelling acting troupe, and a mystery. Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes!
What book cover do you love?
Alice in Readerland 
Oooooooh vintage! I adore her clothes. Very nice pick!
Thanks; I always have fun picking out covers for the Cover Love feature!
So cute!
I know, right? :) Thanks for commenting!
Love the premise and the cover! Great pick :)
Thanks for stopping by my Cover Love!
I’m excited for this book to come out next year! :) Thanks for stopping by & commenting!
Me too! Oh goodness, I came back over here to find the title and melted again. I love the look of it and AH VINTAGE!
This cover makes me want to try on vintage clothing! :)
I love vintage clothes as well!! I just read a book about a girl who buys vintage clothes at thrift stores and the best part of the book was the descriptions of her outfits everyday :) This book you have here sounds good too… i’ve never heard of it before, but I like!!
PS- I like your new design… very cute!
That sounds like such a cute book! :) Thank you so much, I just put this together yesterday and was nervous about how it looked! :)
Lovely cover. I especially love the hats from the time period. Thank you for the follow. I have added your RSS to my reader and am looking forward to more of your posts.
The hats from that time period are beautiful! :) Thank you so much!!!