Marjorie Morningstar
The 'proto-feminist classic' (Vulture) from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Author: Herman Wouk
The timeless classic about the American dream - and the girl who lives it.
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The timeless classic about the American dream - and the girl who lives it.
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Sixteen-year-old Marjorie Morgenstern lives a quiet life in New York City. Her mother hopes for a glittering marriage to a good man, but Marjorie has other ideas. When she falls desperately in love with Noel Airman, a musician as reckless as he is talented, Marjorie dreams of defying her destiny as a wife and mother to become a star of the stage. Why should she settle with being just another Mrs Morgenstern if she can succeed as Marjorie Morningstar?
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“Marjorie evokes the period when girls are still free to dream about their future, before they actually have to start making choices about it. - Slate I read it and thought, 'Oh my god, this is me." - Scarlett JohanssonMarjorie evokes the period when girls are still free to dream about their future, before they actually have to start making choices about it. - Slate I read it and thought, 'Oh my god, this is me." - Scarlett Johansson”
Marjorie evokes the period when girls are still free to dream about their future, before they actually have to start making choices about it. - Slate
I read it and thought, 'Oh my god, this is me." - Scarlett JohanssonMarjorie evokes the period when girls are still free to dream about their future, before they actually have to start making choices about it. - SlateI read it and thought, 'Oh my god, this is me." - Scarlett JohanssonAbout the Author
Herman Wouk worked on the Joke Factory before serving in the US Navy during World War II. He has written twenty-four novels, including THE CAINE MUTINY, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1952. He lives in Palm Springs, California.
Sixteen-year-old Marjorie Morgenstern lives a quiet life in New York City. Her mother hopes for a glittering marriage to a good man, but Marjorie has other ideas. When she falls desperately in love with Noel Airman, a musician as reckless as he is talented, Marjorie dreams of defying her destiny as a wife and mother to become a star of the stage. Why should she settle with being just another Mrs Morgenstern if she can succeed as Marjorie Morningstar?
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