![]() New York City, 1952: Darby McLaughlin arrives at the Barbizon scared and alone. One such survivor is the ever-veiled, semi-reclusive Miss McLauglin. When the gorgeously Italian-renaissance/gothic revival building was converted to condominium use the last few remaining residents were consolidated on the 4th floor, but allowed to stay in rent-controlled apartments. It's claim to fame is that Sylvia Plath stayed there for, oh, about a month, but long enough to rename the place and give it a starring role in The Bell Jar. Back in the 1950s it was THE place for the freshly independent women of the day to live. ![]() ![]() They live in a condo in what used to be the Barbizon Hotel for Young Women. She has also given up her beloved apartment to move in with her up-and-coming politico boyfriend, tipped for Mayor or some such, who she believes is building up to finally popping the question. New York City, 2016: Rose has quit her job as a newscaster and investigative journalist – not entirely voluntarily – and now works for an on-line outfit with the self-mockingly clumsy name of Wordmerge. ![]()
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