The Grand Design

Listed in the Literature category on Art In Fiction, The Grand Design (2022) by Joy Callaway is based on the true story of America’s first female interior designer, the famed Dorothy Draper. 1908: Young Dorothy Tuckerman chafes under the bland, beige traditions of her socialite circles. Only the aristocracy’s annual summer trips to The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia spark her imagination. An unexpected romance gives Dorothy a taste of the passion and adventure she wants. But her family intervenes, sentencing Dorothy to the life she hopes to escape. 1946: As World War II draws to a close, Dorothy has divorced her husband—scandalous—and established America’s first interior design firm—shocking. Now, Dorothy returns to The Greenbrier to restore it to something even greater than its original glory. With her beloved company’s future hanging in the balance and brimming with daring, unconventional ideas, Dorothy has one more chance to give her dreams wings or succumb to her what society tells her is her inescapable fate. “Historical fiction at its finest!” —Elyssa Friedland, author of  Last Summer at the Golden Hotel Joy Callaway is the author of The Grand Design, The Fifth Avenue Artists Society , and Secret Sisters . She holds a BA in journalism and public relations from Marshall University and an MMC from the University of South Carolina. She resides in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband, John, and her children, Alecia and John. Buy Now from Amazon Buy Now from Bookshop Find other novels by Joy Callaway on Art In Fiction.