Elaine Dundy, a New Yorker born in the 1930s, is the author of" The Dud Avocado, " based on a year she spent in Paris. Here she presents her memoirs which begin in classy apartments on Park Lane before the Crash, include a wild and funny time as an actress in Paris and London, and reveal all about her disastrous marriage to theater critic Kenneth Tynan. Her literary and theatrical circlewhich included Peter Finch, Tennesse Williams, Hemingway, and Gore Vidalis presented along with poignant remembrances of growing up in ...
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Elaine Dundy, a New Yorker born in the 1930s, is the author of" The Dud Avocado, " based on a year she spent in Paris. Here she presents her memoirs which begin in classy apartments on Park Lane before the Crash, include a wild and funny time as an actress in Paris and London, and reveal all about her disastrous marriage to theater critic Kenneth Tynan. Her literary and theatrical circlewhich included Peter Finch, Tennesse Williams, Hemingway, and Gore Vidalis presented along with poignant remembrances of growing up in America in the 40s, and a literary and theatrical life in Paris and London."
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Add this copy of Life Itself! : an Autobiography to cart. $19.58, good condition, Sold by Fireside Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stroud, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2001 by Virago.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Book N.B. Book in very good condition with slight bump to head and tail of spine. Dust Jacket in good condition with foxing on inside and slight wrinkling/stain. Rubbing to edges and corners of D/J.
Add this copy of Life Itself! to cart. $24.85, Sold by The Small Library Company rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2001 by Little Brown.
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Hardback. Author of the celebrated and hilarious THE DUD AVOCADO, the classic novel about a young American ingenue in Paris, Elaine Dundy was born in New York in the 1930s. Her first years were spent in an apartment on Park Avenue until the stock market crash wiped out most of the family's money. She went to university in the south where, among other studies, she worked hard at losing her virginity. Deciding the stage was her true home, Elaine Dundy headed first to Paris and then to London, where she met and married the famous theatre critic Kenneth Tynan. Though their union was intoxicating, it was far from easy and the successful publication in 1958 of her novel finished off the marriage. But it was the opening of a new world of writers for Elaine Dundy, including friendships with Tennessee Williams, Hemingway and Gore Vidal. Extremely funny and extraordinarily honest this wonderfully remembered story of growing up in America is as much a tonic as life itself.
Add this copy of Life Itself! to cart. $24.88, fair condition, Sold by The Small Library Company rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2001 by Little Brown.
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Fair. Author of the celebrated and hilarious THE DUD AVOCADO, the classic novel about a young American ingenue in Paris, Elaine Dundy was born in New York in the 1930s. Her first years were spent in an apartment on Park Avenue until the stock market crash wiped out most of the family's money. She went to university in the south where, among other studies, she worked hard at losing her virginity. Deciding the stage was her true home, Elaine Dundy headed first to Paris and then to London, where she met and married the famous theatre critic Kenneth Tynan. Though their union was intoxicating, it was far from easy and the successful publication in 1958 of her novel finished off the marriage. But it was the opening of a new world of writers for Elaine Dundy, including friendships with Tennessee Williams, Hemingway and Gore Vidal. Extremely funny and extraordinarily honest this wonderfully remembered story of growing up in America is as much a tonic as life itself..
Add this copy of Life Itself! to cart. $76.03, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Virago Press.
