I REALLY jived with this book and it's quite a quick read. It brings forth this weird era where women were seeing other women being independent yet it wasn't totally socially "appropriate" to do so (especially coming from money) at the time. I love reading books set in the Prohibition era. It's just utterly fascinating to see the period or rebellion and transition.

I was concerned at first that a cast of 12 would just be too much for me to keep straight bit other than Josephine and Louise, they mostly are just mentioned or are the driving force behind a decision. When they are brought up, it's continuously emphasized which of the siblings they are so it really didn't end up being a headache. Jo's a weirdly likeable and unlikeable character and sister which the author not only verbalized through dialogue but also showed through actions (a pet peeve of mine is when an author just TELLS you about who a character is and never shows you).

I also love that the plot is basically: we're gonna outlive our ancient sexist twat of a father. And BREAK!