Bibliograph

City of girls, a novel, Elizabeth Gilbert

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City of girls, a novel, Elizabeth Gilbert

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

City of girls

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Oclc number

1091328756

Responsibility statement

Elizabeth Gilbert

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"Nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College in 1940, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. There Vivian is introduced to an entire cosmos of unconventional and charismatic characters, from the funchasing showgirls to the playboy actor, a grande-dame actress, a lady-killer writer, and a no-nonsense stage manager. But when Vivian makes a personal mistake that results in professional scandal, it turns her new world upside down in ways that will take her years to fully understand. Ultimately, it will lead her to a new understanding of the kind of life she craves -- and the kind of freedom it takes to pursue it. It will also lead to the love of her life. Now eighty-nine years old and telling her story at last, Vivian recalls how the events of those years altered the course of her life -- and the gusto and autonomy with which she approached it. "At some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time," Vivian muses. "After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is.""--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

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