A Likely Story: One Summer With Lillian Hellman

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pp. 273, “In 1978, Rosemary Mahoney, an aspiring young writer of seventeen, wrote a letter to one of her personal idols, inquiring whether this great lady of American letters might need some domestic help during the summer. When Lillian Hellman responded affirmatively, Mahoney was ecstatic, and wasted no time imagining that the summer in Hellman’s employ might cement a friendship with the iconic writer, or that the proximity to greatness might spur her own fledgling literary efforts.”

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ISBN 385477937
Published Date 1998
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition Very Good
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication New York, New York, U.S.A.
Edition First Edition
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pp. 273, “In 1978, Rosemary Mahoney, an aspiring young writer of seventeen, wrote a letter to one of her personal idols, inquiring whether this great lady of American letters might need some domestic help during the summer. When Lillian Hellman responded affirmatively, Mahoney was ecstatic, and wasted no time imagining that the summer in Hellman’s employ might cement a friendship with the iconic writer, or that the proximity to greatness might spur her own fledgling literary efforts.”

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Weight 0.85 kg