The Resource Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney
Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney
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Resource Information
The item Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Inspired by Margaret Fishback, poet and Macy's ad-writing phenom of the 1930s, Rooney imagines an extraordinary walk through the streets of New York City on the last night of 1984, one that triggers a flood of memories for fictional ad woman Lillian Boxfish. The octogenarian muses on the changing urban landscape as she stops at favorite haunts: an intimate neighborhood bar that's just installed a TV, a restaurant where she's dined every New Year's Eve that's about to change owners, the famed Delmonico's, where she ended her marriage. Further stops include a changing lower Manhattan landscape where she meets a haunted Vietnam veteran and engages him in a "best last-line contest," a detour to a hospital emergency room with a frightened woman about to have her first baby, and a party where she's both scorned and adored by a new generation of artists, followed by a hilarious encounter with three muggers. Meanwhile, Lillian carefully recounts her celebrated career in advertising, her adored husband and son, and her emotional breakdown. Elegantly written, Rooney creates a glorious paean to a distant literary life and time-and an unabashed celebration of human connections that bridge the past and future
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 437 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781410499660
- Label
- Lillian Boxfish takes a walk
- Title
- Lillian Boxfish takes a walk
- Statement of responsibility
- Kathleen Rooney
- Subject
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- City and town life -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- FICTION -- Contemporary Women
- FICTION -- Literary
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Interpersonal relations
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Large type books
- New York (State) -- New York
- Older women
- Older women -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Reminiscing
- Reminiscing -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- City and town life
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Inspired by Margaret Fishback, poet and Macy's ad-writing phenom of the 1930s, Rooney imagines an extraordinary walk through the streets of New York City on the last night of 1984, one that triggers a flood of memories for fictional ad woman Lillian Boxfish. The octogenarian muses on the changing urban landscape as she stops at favorite haunts: an intimate neighborhood bar that's just installed a TV, a restaurant where she's dined every New Year's Eve that's about to change owners, the famed Delmonico's, where she ended her marriage. Further stops include a changing lower Manhattan landscape where she meets a haunted Vietnam veteran and engages him in a "best last-line contest," a detour to a hospital emergency room with a frightened woman about to have her first baby, and a party where she's both scorned and adored by a new generation of artists, followed by a hilarious encounter with three muggers. Meanwhile, Lillian carefully recounts her celebrated career in advertising, her adored husband and son, and her emotional breakdown. Elegantly written, Rooney creates a glorious paean to a distant literary life and time-and an unabashed celebration of human connections that bridge the past and future
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1980-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rooney, Kathleen
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3618.O676
- LC item number
- L55 2017b
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print core
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- City and town life
- Interpersonal relations
- Older women
- Reminiscing
- FICTION
- FICTION
- City and town life
- Interpersonal relations
- Large type books
- Older women
- Reminiscing
- New York (State)
- Interpersonal relations
- Label
- Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn970396407
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 437 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410499660
- Lccn
- 2017001363
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)970396407
- Label
- Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn970396407
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 437 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410499660
- Lccn
- 2017001363
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)970396407
Subject
- City and town life -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- FICTION -- Contemporary Women
- FICTION -- Literary
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Interpersonal relations
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Large type books
- New York (State) -- New York
- Older women
- Older women -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Reminiscing
- Reminiscing -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- City and town life
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