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Bachelor Girl

A Novel by the Author of Orphan #8

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"Bachelor Girl plunges the reader deep into life during the Jazz Age...and the revealing of other secrets and confessions will keep readers up all night looking for answers." —Booklist (starred review)

From the New York Times bestselling author of Orphan #8 comes a fresh and intimate novel in the vein of Lilac Girls and The Alice Network about the destructive power of secrets and the redemptive power of love—inspired by the true story of Jacob Ruppert, the millionaire owner of the New York Yankees, and his mysterious bequest in 1939 to an unknown actress, Helen Winthrope Weyant.
When the owner of the New York Yankees baseball team, Colonel Jacob Ruppert, takes Helen Winthrope, a young actress, under his wing, she thinks it's because of his guilt over her father's accidental death—and so does Albert Kramer, Ruppert's handsome personal secretary. Helen and Albert develop a deepening bond the closer they become to Ruppert, an eccentric millionaire who demands their loyalty in return for his lavish generosity.

New York in the Jazz Age is filled with possibilities, especially for the young and single. Yet even as Helen embraces being a "bachelor girl"—a working woman living on her own terms—she finds herself falling in love with Albert, even after he confesses his darkest secret. When Ruppert dies, rumors swirl about his connection to Helen after the stunning revelation that he has left her the bulk of his fortune, which includes Yankee Stadium. But it is only when Ruppert's own secrets are finally revealed that Helen and Albert will be forced to confront the truth about their relationship to him—and to each other.

Inspired by factual events that gripped New York City in its heyday, Bachelor Girl is a hidden history gem about family, identity, and love in all its shapes and colors.
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    • Library Journal

      November 1, 2017

      Remember how van Alkemade resurrected the past in the New York Times best-selling Orphan #8? She does it again with the story of Jacob Ruppert, the eccentric millionaire owner of the New York Yankees, who left a big chunk of his fortune to little-known actress Helen Winthrope when he died in 1939.

      Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      Starred review from February 1, 2018
      Van Alkemade's sophomore effort (after Orphan #8, 2015) is a historical novel set in 1920s and '30s New York City, based on the scandalous true story of the millionaire owner of the New York Yankees leaving a fortune to an unknown ex-actress. Colonel Jack Ruppert is the wealthy Yankees owner, and for reasons unexplained, he takes an interest in the life of Helen Winthrope, the daughter of a dead friend. The story is told from the alternating viewpoints of Winthrope herself and Ruppert's young personal secretary, Albert Kramer. The two develop an unconventional bond over their attempts to understand why Ruppert showers them with his generosity. From the first paragraphs, Bachelor Girl plunges the reader deep into life during the Jazz Age, delving into topics not often associated with the time period, including abortion and homosexuality. Details do not slow down the pace, though, and the mystery of Ruppert's largesse and the slow revealing of other secrets and confessions will keep readers up all night looking for answers alongside Winthrope and Kramer.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)

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