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Shiksa Goddess
Or, How I Spent My Forties
by Wendy Wasserstein
ISBN: 0375726039
ISBN-13: 9780375726033
Format: Paperback
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Summary
The 35 essays here by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein initially appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Allure, and other periodicals. Wasserstein comically muses on her cat, fad diets, the Clintons, and Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow. She also shares poignant observations on motherhood and on her sister's battle with cancer.
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"[A] breezy, splashy style....good-natured and ephemeral....She is totally in touch with contemporary society. She knows its headlines, its diets, its real estate woes and its television shows." -- Penelope Mesic
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 2002
Size: 5.25 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.4 pounds
Publisher's Notes
A collection of thirty-five humorous essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright explores issues of food, theater, Chekhov, and religion, among other topics.
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Shiksa Goddess: Or, How I Spent My Forties
Wasserstein, Wendy
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 2002 pages a little yellowed. binding tight with no cracks or breaks. edgewear. corners rubbed. top corners creased. front cover creased from opening. top and bottom binding edges dented. . Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback. Good. ( more information)
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Shiksa Goddess: (Or, How I Spent My Forties)
Wasserstein, Wendy
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 2002 USED - Standard. Book has only minor reading wear; binding is square and tight; text is clean and unmarked. BOOKSMART offers free domestic shipping (media mail) on orders of three or more books. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Shiksa Goddess or, How I Spend My Forties
Wasserstein, Wendy
N . Y.: Vintage Books, 2002. The cover has very light shelf wear..........We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by... 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Cover Art. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. ( more information)
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Shiksa Goddess: (Or, How I Spent My Forties)
Wasserstein, Wendy
New York: Vintage Books, 2001. "Celebrated playwright Wendy Wasserstein has been rooted in New York's cultural life since her childhood of Broadway matinees, but her appeal is universal. Here are thirty-five of her urbane, inspiring, and deeply emphatic essays -- all written when she was in her forties, and all infused with her trademark irreverent humor." The cover and pages have light edgewear, but the binding is sound. There are no markings in the text. 237 pages. . Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Shiksa Goddess: (Or, How I Spent My Forties) Essays
Wasserstein, Wendy
Vintage. PAPERBACK. 0375726039 First Printing as per complete number string. Binding square and tight, no spine creasing. No creases. Pages clean and unmarked. Previous owner's name and possibly address on fep. Slight curl to lower front corner and lite wear to side edge of preface pages. Minor Shelf/edge wear. Ships Immediately from CA. . Good. ( more information)
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SHIKSA GODDESS
WASSERSTEIN, WENDY
RANDOM HOUSE TRADE, 502. QUALITY PAPERBACK. ( more information)
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Shiksa Goddess: (Or, How I Spent My Forties) Essays (Qty: 5)
Wendy Wasserstein
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