Lillian boxfish takes a walk
Record details
- ISBN: 1410499669 (large print ; hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781410499660 (large print ; hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781410499660
- ISBN: 9781410499660
- ISBN: 1410499669
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Physical Description:
437 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm.
large print - Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A novel"--Cover. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-434). |
Summary, etc.: | 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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Subject: | City and town life New York (State) New York Fiction Interpersonal relations Fiction Older women Fiction Reminiscing Fiction Large type books Interpersonal relations Fiction |
Genre: | Large type books. Psychological fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. |
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Available copies
- 6 of 6 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Ridgefield Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Ridgefield Library | LP FIC ROONEY (Text)
Tribute: Made available through the generosity of the Paul and Johanna Laszig Fund for the Elderly
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34010140033118 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
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