A Time Between - Hardcover

Streshinsky, Shirley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399130047 ISBN 13: 9780399130045

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 1984

Synopsis

In the midst of the roaring twenties, ambitious Hallie Duer becomes a star reporter in San Francisco and defies convention for the love of a married Irish lawyer

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Review

The author shares her skills as both a historian and a storyteller, and the character of her narrator is as well realized as a portrait of the times. " Los Angeles Times"
" A Time Between" registers favorably on several counts. It is the story of a strong woman striving to secure her own identity, a love story, a historical novel that recreates convincingly the California scene during the Jazz Age and a bit of a mystery, too. " Savannah News Press"
You will like this book. A gutsy novel of women pushing into a man s world. Shirley Streshinsky . . . punches out a kaleidoscope of the times. " Houston Chronicle"
[Streshinsky s novels] are the best historical fiction being written in America. John Jay Osborn, Jr., bestselling author of "Paper Chase""

"The author shares her skills as both a historian and a storyteller, and the character of her narrator is as well realized as a portrait of the times." --Los Angeles Times

"A Time Between registers favorably on several counts. It is the story of a strong woman striving to secure her own identity, a love story, a historical novel that recreates convincingly the California scene during the Jazz Age--and a bit of a mystery, too." --Savannah News Press

"You will like this book. A gutsy novel of women pushing into a man's world. Shirley Streshinsky . . . punches out a kaleidoscope of the times." --Houston Chronicle

"[Streshinsky's novels] are the best historical fiction being written in America." --John Jay Osborn, Jr., bestselling author of Paper Chase

About the Author

Shirley Streshinsky is a critically acclaimed author of three works of nonfiction and four historical novels. As a journalist and travel essayist, she has written extensively for a wide range of national magazines such as Redbook, Glamour, Preservation, American Heritage, The American Scholar, and Conde Nast Traveler. She is the recipient of the Society of Magazine Writers' Award for Excellence and the National Council for the Advancement of Education Writing award, and was cited by The Educational Press Association of America for "superlative achievement in features." Her travel essays have been a feature on National Public Radio. She was married to the late photojournalist Ted Streshinsky and resides in Kensington (Berkeley), California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399130047
• ISBN 13: 9780399130045
• Binding: Hardcover