The Resource Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney
Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney
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The item Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Frisco Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "She took 1930s New York by storm, working her way up writing copy for R.H. Macy's to become the highest paid advertising woman in the country. It was a job that, she says, 'in some ways saved my life, and in other ways ruined it.' Now it's the last night of 1984 and Lillian, 85 years old but just as sharp and savvy as ever, is on her way to a party ... On a walk that takes her over 10 miles around the city, she meets bartenders, bodega clerks, security guards, criminals, children, parents, and parents-to-be, while reviewing a life of excitement and adversity, passion and heartbreak, illuminating all the ways New York has changed--and has not"--Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Picador edition.
- Extent
- x, 287 pages
- Note
-
- Originally published in hardcover in 2016 by St. Martin's Press
- "A novel."
- Isbn
- 9781250151162
- Label
- Lillian Boxfish takes a walk
- Title
- Lillian Boxfish takes a walk
- Statement of responsibility
- Kathleen Rooney
- Subject
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- Historical fiction
- Fishback, Margaret, 1904-1985 -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Fishback, Margaret, 1900-1985 -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Older women -- Fiction
- Advertising copy -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Reminiscing -- Fiction
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- City and town life -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "She took 1930s New York by storm, working her way up writing copy for R.H. Macy's to become the highest paid advertising woman in the country. It was a job that, she says, 'in some ways saved my life, and in other ways ruined it.' Now it's the last night of 1984 and Lillian, 85 years old but just as sharp and savvy as ever, is on her way to a party ... On a walk that takes her over 10 miles around the city, she meets bartenders, bodega clerks, security guards, criminals, children, parents, and parents-to-be, while reviewing a life of excitement and adversity, passion and heartbreak, illuminating all the ways New York has changed--and has not"--Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Label
- Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney
- Note
-
- Originally published in hardcover in 2016 by St. Martin's Press
- "A novel."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- in901687036
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Picador edition.
- Extent
- x, 287 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250151162
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- Label
- Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney
- Note
-
- Originally published in hardcover in 2016 by St. Martin's Press
- "A novel."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- in901687036
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Picador edition.
- Extent
- x, 287 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250151162
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- map
Subject
- Advertising copy -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- City and town life -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- Fishback, Margaret, 1900-1985 -- Fiction
- Fishback, Margaret, 1904-1985 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Older women -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Reminiscing -- Fiction
- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
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