The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free

The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free

From award-winning author Paulina Bren comes the remarkable history of New York’s most famous residential hotel and the women who stayed there, including Grace Kelly, Sylvia Plath, and Joan Didion.

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