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A Time To Be Born (Pushkin Press Classics)
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A Gorgeous New Paperback Of Dawn PowellS RazorSharp Comedy Of Manners, Following A Glittering Tale Of Ambition And Betrayal In Prewar New York City.Few Books Have So Bitingly And Energetically Captured The Hunger For Status And Success That Animate The City And Enrage So Many. The New York Timesdeemed Wittier Than Dorothy Parker, [And Able To] Dissect The Rich Better Than F. Scott Fitzgerald (The New York Times Book Review), Dawn Powell Earns Her Place As One Of AmericaS Great Novelists With This Biting Satire Of A Wealthy, SelfInvolved Publisher And His Scheming Novelist Wife.Amanda Keeler Has Clawed Her Way Out Of The Backwaters Of Ohio And Into The Affections Of Julien Evans, New YorkS Most Powerful Newspaper Tycoon. With His ExWife Vanquished, Amanda Reigns Over Their Fifth Avenue Mansion, Publishing Wildly Successful (Ghostwritten) Novels, Charming Guests At MartiniSoaked Parties And Furiously Fending Off JulienS Pesky Advances.ThatS Until The Past Comes Knocking In The Form Of Vicky Haven, A Timid School Friend Desperate For Reinvention. Ever The Strategist, Amanda Lands Vicky A Job In Listings And A Studio ApartmentPerfect For AmandaS Daytime Trysts With Old Flame, Ken Saunders. But Matters Of The Heart Rarely Follow Orders. When Vicky Begins To Wise Up To Her Scheme, And Sets Her Own Sights On Ken, She Ignites A Love Triangle That Threatens To Topple AmandaS Carefully Constructed Empire.Scathingly Funny And Irresistibly Glamorous, A Time To Be Born Is A Timeless Portrait Of Social Climbing, Set In A 1940S Manhattan Rife With Backstabbing Charm, Brittle Friendships And Women Who Always Land On Their Feet Heels First. Reissued In A Stunning New Package, It Is The Perfect Introduction To Dawn PowellS Wicked Wit And Unsparing Eye, Guaranteed To Delight Both Established Fans And New Readers Alike.
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