Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York

Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
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Artikel-Nr:
9781468302042
Veröffentl:
2004
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EPUB
Seiten:
0
Autor:
Gail Parent
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EPUB
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EPUB
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Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
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A single, thirty-year-old woman in the 1970s struggles to find her dream man and dream job in this hilarious & heartwarming classic.Three decades after its original bestselling publication, Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York is still completely on target as the most achingly funny book-length suicide note ever written by an agonizingly single thirty-year-old trying unsuccessfully to straddle two worlds: the one she's been programmed for from birth-marriage first, life later-and the illusive swinging singles scene of liberated New York City.Meet Sheila Levine, she's smart and funny, and her mother tells her she's beautiful. . . . But her skirt's always a bit wrinkled, she's trying to lose fifteen-make that twenty-five-pounds, she just turned thirty . . . and she's still single. She tries to date and mate, she really does, but disappointment turns to desperation, and after a flash of insight, Sheila calmly decides to kill herself. So she starts to get her affairs in order and writes a suicide note to her loving parents to explain it all . . . Praise for Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York"e;Sometimes heartbreaking, mostly hilarious, always full of life."e; -Newsweek"e;A book about suicide shouldn't be this entertaining, but this one is hilarious, due in large part to Sheila's devil may care attitude and the frankness with which she talks about her life."e; -The Bookbag
A single, thirty-year-old woman in the 1970s struggles to find her dream man and dream job in this hilarious & heartwarming classic.Three decades after its original bestselling publication, Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York is still completely on target as the most achingly funny book-length suicide note ever written by an agonizingly single thirty-year-old trying unsuccessfully to straddle two worlds: the one she's been programmed for from birth-marriage first, life later-and the illusive swinging singles scene of liberated New York City.Meet Sheila Levine, she's smart and funny, and her mother tells her she's beautiful. . . . But her skirt's always a bit wrinkled, she's trying to lose fifteen-make that twenty-five-pounds, she just turned thirty . . . and she's still single. She tries to date and mate, she really does, but disappointment turns to desperation, and after a flash of insight, Sheila calmly decides to kill herself. So she starts to get her affairs in order and writes a suicide note to her loving parents to explain it all . . . Praise for Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York"e;Sometimes heartbreaking, mostly hilarious, always full of life."e; -Newsweek"e;A book about suicide shouldn't be this entertaining, but this one is hilarious, due in large part to Sheila's devil may care attitude and the frankness with which she talks about her life."e; -The Bookbag

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