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Large print edition. |
| Description |
437 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm. |
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| Summary |
Inspired by Margaret Fishback, poet and Macy's ad-writing phenom of the 1930s, Rooney imagines an extraordinary walk through the streets of New York City on the last night of 1984, one that triggers a flood of memories for fictional ad woman Lillian Boxfish. The octogenarian muses on the changing urban landscape as she stops at favorite haunts: an intimate neighborhood bar that's just installed a TV, a restaurant where she's dined every New Year's Eve that's about to change owners, the famed Delmonico's, where she ended her marriage. Further stops include a changing lower Manhattan landscape where she meets a haunted Vietnam veteran and engages him in a "best last-line contest," a detour to a hospital emergency room with a frightened woman about to have her first baby, and a party where she's both scorned and adored by a new generation of artists, followed by a hilarious encounter with three muggers. Meanwhile, Lillian carefully recounts her celebrated career in advertising, her adored husband and son, and her emotional breakdown. Elegantly written, Rooney creates a glorious paean to a distant literary life and time-and an unabashed celebration of human connections that bridge the past and future. |
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City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
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Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
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Older women -- Fiction.
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Reminiscing -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- Literary.
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FICTION -- Contemporary Women.
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City and town life. (OCoLC)fst00862081
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Interpersonal relations. (OCoLC)fst00977397
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Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
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Older women. (OCoLC)fst01199159
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Reminiscing. (OCoLC)fst01094435
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New York (State) -- New York.
(OCoLC)fst01204333
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Large type books.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| ISBN |
9781410499660 (lg. print) |
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1410499669 (lg. print) |
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