ISBN: 9781480422292

This celebrated coming-of-age novel moves from Manhattan during the early days of Mad Men to the swinging, chaotic 1970s: A sensitive girl burdened with her mother's drinking and long str… Meer...

This celebrated coming-of-age novel moves from Manhattan during the early days of Mad Men to the swinging, chaotic 1970s: A sensitive girl burdened with her mother's drinking and long string of husbands becomes a special young woman when her best friend's family opens her eyes to art Esme Singer is a resilient girl from Los Angeles, new to Manhattan, who takes better care of her beautiful, alcoholic mother than her mother does of her. A former fashion model and extra in the movies, her mother attracts a series of husbands and boyfriends as Esme watches in fascination and sometimes horror. Esme's father comes and goes, forever riding the wave of the latest get-rich-quick scheme. As Esme becomes a teenager, she turns to her friend Leah's cultured, exotic family for inspiration and solaceespecially Leah's father, a well-known photographer who encourages Esme to cultivate her gifts. Might artand a favorite teacherbecome the answer to some of her troubles?TheBeginner's Book of Dreams is an insightful, sophisticated, sometimes wickedly funny, always sharp-eyed portrayal of a young woman inventing and discovering her own independent spirit.; EPUB; Fiction > Modern & contemporary fiction, Archway Publishing<

2013, ISBN: 9781480422292

A Novel, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), This celebrated coming-of-age novel moves from Manhattan during the early days of Mad Men to the swinging, chaotic 1970s: A sensitive girl burdened… Meer...

A Novel, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), This celebrated coming-of-age novel moves from Manhattan during the early days of Mad Men to the swinging, chaotic 1970s: A sensitive girl burdened with her mother's drinking and long string of husbands becomes a special young woman when her best friend's family opens her eyes to art Esme Singer is a resilient girl from Los Angeles, new to Manhattan, who takes better care of her beautiful, alcoholic mother than her mother does of her. A former fashion model and extra in the movies, her mother attracts a series of husbands and boyfriends as Esme watches in fascination and sometimes horror. Esme's father comes and goes, forever riding the wave of the latest get-rich-quick scheme. As Esme becomes a teenager, she turns to her friend Leah's cultured, exotic family for inspiration and solaceespecially Leah's father, a well-known photographer who encourages Esme to cultivate her gifts. Might artand a favorite teacherbecome the answer to some of her troubles?TheBeginner's Book of Dreams is an insightful, sophisticated, sometimes wickedly funny, always sharp-eyed portrayal of a young woman inventing and discovering her own independent spirit. [PU: Open Road Media], Seiten: 325, Open Road Media, 2013<

ISBN: 9781480422292

*The Beginner's Book of Dreams* - A Novel / epub eBook für 17.99 € / Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik Medien > Bücher nein eBook als epub eBooks > Belletristik, Open Road Media

ISBN: 9781480422292

The Beginner's Book of Dreams - A Novel: ab 17.99 € eBooks > Belletristik Open Road Media eBook als epub, Open Road Media