Heyday

by Jane D. Abbott

The story of a young woman who inherits a boarding house in New York City's Greenwich Village, and must find a way to keep it afloat amidst the gay swirl of 1920s society.

313 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1928

About the author

Jane Ludlow Drake Abbott (1879-1962) was an American author who began her career writing for adolescent girls, and went on to write adult romance. Born in Buffalo, New York, to a family involved in the shipbuilding industry of the Great Lakes region, she was educated at Cornell University, and married Buffalo attorney Frank A. Abbott. Most of her twenty juvenile titles were published under the name Jane D. Abbott, although a few were released under the name Jane Abbott. Her adult titles were all released under the name Jane Abbott.