Overview
Born in the 1920s to nomadic, bohemian parents, Paula Fox is left at birth in a Manhattan orphanage, then cared for by a poor yet cultivated minister in upstate New York. Her parents, however, soon resurface. Her handsome father is a hard-drinking screenwriter who is, for young Paula, 'part ally, part betrayer.' Her mother is given to icy bursts of temper that punctuate a deep indifference. Never sharing more than a few moments with his daughter, Fox's father allows her to be shuttled from New York City, where she lives with her passive Spanish grandmother, to Cuba, where she roams freely on a relative's sugarcane plantation, to California, where she finds herself cast upon Hollywood's seedy margins. The thread binding these wanderings is the 'borrowed finery' of the title of this astonishing memoir of one writer's unusual beginnings, which was instantly recognized as a modern classic.
Borrowed Finery By Paula Fox
Borrowed Finery
In All Your Borrowed Finery vanishingact. Summary: Dean finds an interesting symbol in Kevin's angel tablet notes and, against Sam's counselling, uses it in the heat of battle with a pair of angelic assassins. Side effects include pain, disorientation, and uncontrollable new appendages for the Winchesters. A disgruntled Castiel and a delighted. Borrowed finery: a memoir by Fox, Paula. Publication date 2002 Topics Fox, Paula, Novelists, American Publisher New York: Henry Holt Collection inlibrary. 'Borrowed Finery' begins in 1923, when Fox was born in New York to bohemian parents. Fox's father was a screenwriter and aspiring novelist whose ambitions were forever two steps ahead of his energies. Her mother was a mean and eccentric woman who resented motherhood with a vengeance. Borrowed Finery Availability: In stock. Be the first to review this product. Quick overview Softcover Paula Fox.
Born in the 1920s to nomadic, bohemian parents, Paula Fox is left at birth in a Manhattan orphanage, then cared for by a poor yet cultivated minister in upstate New York. Her parents, however, soon resurface. Her handsome father is a hard-drinking screenwriter who is, for young Paula, 'part ally, part betrayer.' Her mother is given to icy bursts of temper that punctuate a deep indifference. Never sharing more than a few moments with his daughter, Fox's father allows her to be shuttled from New York City, where she lives with her passive Spanish grandmother, to Cuba, where she roams freely on a relative's sugarcane plantation, to California, where she finds herself cast upon Hollywood's seedy margins. The thread binding these wanderings is the 'borrowed finery' of the title of this astonishing memoir of one writer's unusual beginnings, which was instantly recognized as a modern classic. (From Picador)
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