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A Time to Be Born (1942 original; edició 2011)

de Dawn Powell (Autor)

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Set against an atmospheric backdrop of New York City in the months just before America's entry into World War II, A Time To Be Born is a scathing and hilarious study of cynical New Yorkers stalking each other for various selfish ends. At the centre of the story are a wealthy, self-involved newspaper publisher and his scheming, novelist wife, Amanda Keeler.… (més)

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Membre:	dom61uk
Títol:	A Time to Be Born
Autors:	Dawn Powell (Autor)
Informació:	Steerforth (2011), Edition: Steerforth Press ed, 327 pages
Col·leccions:	Llista de desitjos, Per llegir
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Etiquetes:	1940s, American fiction, New York

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A Time to Be Born de Dawn Powell (1942)

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It’s a masterpiece, plain and simple.

Mark_Feltskog | Dec 23, 2023 |

Now I am left wanting to know what is going to happen to these characters next! Will Amanda be a success?

Very amusing look at the life of an ambitious woman, originally from a small Midwestern town, in New York City in the time just before the United States entered WW2 (1939-1940). (

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leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 |

Set in the 40's in New York City, this is the story of vanity, pride, and greed. A young woman from a small town becomes the famed wife of a famous publisher; her friend from her home town has been jilted by a lover comes to New York and takes a job at the publishing company.

This is basically the story of people using each other. Very dated. (

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maryreinert | Nov 21, 2022 |

Here's a story that takes place in Manhattan at the Time when people are speculating whether or not the U.S. will enter the war. One of the main characters is a gold-digger who grew up with the protagonist. At the end, we're hopeful that the gold-digger will get her"come-uppance," and the protagonist has a whirlwind marriage with the ex-lover of the gold-digger, so not so hopeful about that. This book is a commentary on the shallowness of those with money, and social climbers, and is really delicious to read for someone who despises both. (

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burritapal | Oct 23, 2022 |

Liked the New York setting of this book...want to read more by Dawn Powell (

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There was no time to cry over one broken heart. It was no time to worry about Vicky Haven or indeed any other young lady crossed in love, for now the universe, nothing less, was your problem. You woke in the morning with the weight of doom on your head. You lay with eyes shut wondering why you dreaded the day; was it a debt, was it a lost love? - and then you remembered the nightmare. It was a dream, you said, nothing but a dream, and the covers were thrown aside, the dream was over, now for the day. Then, fully awake, you remembered that it was no dream. Paris was gone. London was under fire, the Atlantic was now a drop of water between the flame on one side and the waiting dynamite on the other. -Chapter 1

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Set against an atmospheric backdrop of New York City in the months just before America's entry into World War II, A Time To Be Born is a scathing and hilarious study of cynical New Yorkers stalking each other for various selfish ends. At the centre of the story are a wealthy, self-involved newspaper publisher and his scheming, novelist wife, Amanda Keeler.

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