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A novel about a woman who rebels against the confining middle-class values of her industrious American-Jewish family. Her dream of being an actress ends in failure. She ultimately forfeits her illusions and marries a conventional man with whom she finds sufficient contentment as a suburban... read more
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First Sentence edit
Customs of courtship vary greatly in different times and places, but the way the thing happens to be done here and now always seems the only natural way to do it.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 1955. (authoritative list)
Followed by Auntie Mame.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Herman Wouk (Author)
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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1955
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- National Book Award (Finalist, 1956: Fiction)
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- Dewey: 813.54
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