A cheeky portrait of an old-fashioned young woman's assimilation into the modern world. Set in 1960s New York, this piquant coming-of-age story concerns a teenage girl, Queenie, raised to become a "kept woman" in an exceedingly comfortable and well-adjusted - yet insular and retrograde - household. After enrolling in college, Queenie confronts new understandings, both personal and political, and gradually becomes cognizant of the dated values imparted upon her. Bringing her trademark stylishness and a remarkable ...
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A cheeky portrait of an old-fashioned young woman's assimilation into the modern world. Set in 1960s New York, this piquant coming-of-age story concerns a teenage girl, Queenie, raised to become a "kept woman" in an exceedingly comfortable and well-adjusted - yet insular and retrograde - household. After enrolling in college, Queenie confronts new understandings, both personal and political, and gradually becomes cognizant of the dated values imparted upon her. Bringing her trademark stylishness and a remarkable exuberance to Queenie , Hortense Calisher simultaneously pays homage to and updates the Victorian storytelling approach in capturing the intellectual and sexual breakthroughs of a contemporary young woman.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Thin vertical white line on rear fly, modest spotting on boards and bottom edge, very good in a very good dust jacket with tiny creased tears, and a vertical crease on the rear flap.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First edition/first printing book is tight with no markings, some tanning to page edges, dj has minor rubbing and soiling.
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CALISHER, Hortense. QUEENIE. NY: Arbor House, [1971]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from Calisher on a front blank page, to a well-known, Chicago-based radio talk show host and his wife: "For Robert & Alice Cromie-readers. With pleasure, Hortense Calisher." Near fine; minor wear d/j. $30.00.
