Informazioni generali

Data di nascita: 1930-05-10
Data di morte: 2000-02-01
Sesso: female
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di nascita: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Luogo di residenza: Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Manhattan, New York, USA
Istruzione: Connecticut College
Attività lavorative: journalist
novelist
copywriter
Organizzazioni: New York Times
Mademoiselle magazine

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Manhattan, When I Was Young (Virago Modern Classics) di Mary Cantwell

A truly lovely read as the NY magazine editor takes us through her list of homes...and her evolving life.. her first flat share with a girlfriend after college (first job; tight funds...but aspirations; first love) ...her first marital home (kitting out a grown up home; career success; travel) ...and on....
Over her life was a sense of loss at her father's early death. Depression....two children...meeting Big Names...and the gradual failing of a marriage. The magic of New York, which is ever present..the awareness of the gulf between a working mother and her children, living so much of their lives under the care of othes..
Just beautiful. Resounds with me, looking bac,k age 60, on early "married life" where we thought we knew it all...
Googled the characters when I finished (they become so real) and sad to see not only are both parents deceased but also the younger daughter....
Just a lovely read… (altro)

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starbox | 5 altre recensioni | Nov 26, 2021 |

Manhattan, when I Was Young di Mary Cantwell

Not my favorite memoir. One perspective, tightly focused, told with little passion.

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JoniMFisher | 5 altre recensioni | Sep 19, 2019 |

Manhattan, when I was young di Mary Cantwell

I don't remember what led me to this, but it was a perfect fit for the reading window I had today. It's a little self-indulgent, but deliciously name-droppy. There's some fine, therapy-earned insights into her failing relationship with her husband, but I was less interested in the build-up to divorce than I was in the gorgeous descriptions of Greenwich Village in the 50s and 60s and the insider view of the magazine business back then.

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asxz | 5 altre recensioni | Mar 13, 2019 |

Manhattan, When I Was Young di Mary Cantwell

Mary is a strange one. But her love of New York and the Village kept me going. How lucky to be in NYC in the 60s.

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mahallett | 5 altre recensioni | Dec 10, 2017 |

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