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After a disastrous trip to her friend Natalie's house in the Hamptons, Florence Collins spends her time and money doing everything she possibly can to attract a wealthy husband, in a hilarious social satire about a woman on a quest for a husband in modern Manhattan. 40,000 first printing. Tour.
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Tama Janowitz is the author of Slaves of New York, American Dad, A Cannibal in Manhattan, The Male Cross-Dresser Support Group, and By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee. Her writing has appeared in numerous periodicals, including The New Yorker, Paris Review, Harper's, Vogue, and Elle. She was an Alfred Hodder Fellow in the Humanities at Princeton and the recipient of two NEA grants in fiction, as well as a New York State Council of the Arts award in fiction. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and child.
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reaches a certain age, the quest for a husband takes on a particular urgency--especially in certain tightly woven social circles. A Certain Age is a biting and masterful social satire from the bestselling author of Slaves of New York.
Tama Janowitz created a literary sensation with her first book about New York and its slaves, establishing herself as one of the preeminent voices of her generation. Now, she returns with a wickedly funny and glisteningly dark novel that takes as its subject our current obsession with conspicuous consumption--especially in the form of one very misguided young woman, desperate to secure a mate and a certain lifestyle.
When Florence Collins sets out on the jitney for a weekend at her friend Natalie's house in the Hamptons, she boards the bus with an air of unspoken expectation, especially when she spots the very wealthy and still available, if somewhat uptight, Charlie Twigall. But the weekend's promise of potential part
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- PublisherDoubleday
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0385496109
- ISBN 13 9780385496100
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages317
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