Evvie Author:Vera Caspary It was the late 1920's, the age of The Girl. young women were surging out of their homes, seeking independence, a right to share the men's world, looking for careers, for love. In Chicago - a city feeling it's muscles, a city of new business, newe buildings, night clubs, and gangsters - two girls, Evvie Ashton and Louise Goodman, shared a stud... more »io. In the studio, Evvie and Louise exchanged their confidences and their dreams, plotted their fortunes, and gave large, exuberant parties. But in the midst of all their gaiety, there was an unshared secret - and soon Evvie and Louise found their lives becoming desparately complicated, though neither sensed that tragedy was about to strike.« less