Bringing a compelling personality to life, this book follows the triumph and tragic odyssey of "The New Yorker's" Maeve Brennan, from happy Dublin childhood to Manhattan glamour, from madness, homelessness, and death to recent rediscovery. 8-page photo insert.
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Bringing a compelling personality to life, this book follows the triumph and tragic odyssey of "The New Yorker's" Maeve Brennan, from happy Dublin childhood to Manhattan glamour, from madness, homelessness, and death to recent rediscovery. 8-page photo insert.
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New in As New jacket. Mint condition. Jonathan Cape, 2004. First UK edition-first printing(2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1). Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(small nick and crease on the edge of the Dj cover), both in mint condition. Illustrated with b/w photos.339pp including Author's note, list of abbreviations, permissions, notes, index. Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph From Publishers Weekly: Bourke (The Burning of Bridget Cleary) writes a sensitive biography of writer Brennan, who came to the U.S. from Ireland as a teenager (her father was the first Irish ambassador to the U.S. ) and in 1949, in her early 30s, joined the New Yorker to write about women's fashion. Tiny, fiercely intelligent and impeccably groomed, Brennan was cherished by her colleagues. William Maxwell, a close friend, edited her stories--mainly fictionalized accounts of her Irish childhood, which he greatly admired--for the magazine. She also wrote a Talk of the Town column under the pseudonym The Long-Winded Lady. Yet behind the archly sophisticated persona, Bourke writes, was a fragile, alienated woman who, following a failed marriage to fellow writer St. Clair McKelway, drifted into an eccentric middle age and serious mental breakdown before leaving the New Yorker. She died in an obscure nursing home in 1993. Bourke, who teaches at University College, Dublin, draws a portrait rich in New Yorker history and modern Irish feminist history alike, one likely to do much to foster a new readership for Brennan's work. 8 pages of b&w photos.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Good. Hardcover This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good readable condition. It may have marks on or in it, and may show other signs of previous use or shelf wear. May have minor creases or signs of wear on dust jacket. Packed with care, shipped promptly.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x6x1; The binding is tight, corners sharp. Gift inscription on half title page. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.