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Book

My life as a villainess : essays

Call Number

  • 814 L766 (OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

Physical Description

x, 270 pages ; 24 cm

Uniform Title

Essays. Selections

Summary

Collects the author's recent essays exploring motherhood as an older mom, her life as a reader, her relationships with her parents, her newspaper career, and her experiences as a novelist.

Contents

  • Part I: Game of Crones. The whole 60 ; Game of crones ; Natural selection ; The art of losing friends and alienating people
  • Part II: This be the other verse. My father's bar ; The thirty-first stocking ; Swing, interrupted ; Revered ware
  • Part III: My life as a villainess. The Waco kid ; Tweety bird ; My life as a villainess
  • Part IV: Genius. A fine bromance ; Saving Mrs. Banks ; My brilliant friend ; Men explain The wire to me.

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