Borrowed Finery by Paula Fox

Borrowed Finery by Paula Fox

Born in the 1920s to nomadic, bohemian parents, Paula Fox is left at birth in a Manhattan orphanage, then cared for by a poor yet cultivated minister in upstate New York. Her parents, however, soon resurface. Her handsome father is a hard-drinking screenwriter who is, for young Paula, part ally, part betrayer. Her mother is given to icy bursts of temper that punctuate a deep indifference. Never sharing more than a few moments with his daughter, Fox's father allows her to be shuttled from New York City, where she lives with her passive Spanish grandmother, to Cuba, where she roams freely on a relative's sugarcane plantation, to California, where she finds herself cast upon Hollywood's seedy margins. The thread binding these wanderings is the borrowed finery of the title of this astonishing memoir of one writer's unusual beginnings, which was instantly recognized as a modern classic.

Paula Fox was born in New York City in 1923 and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. When she was eight she moved to a Cuban plantation and stayed for two years. Before and after Cuba, she seldom lived anyplace longer than a year or so. She is the author of several books for adults among which are DESPERATE CHARACTERS: A NOVEL and BORROWED FINERY: A MEMOIR. Her many books for children include the Newbery Award winning novel, THE SLAVE DANCER.

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ISBN 13	9780805068153
ISBN 10	0805068155
Titel	Borrowed Finery
Autor	Paula Fox
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Verlag	Henry Holt & Company Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2001-10-01
Seitenanzahl	210
Preise	Winner of Literary Award (Art of the Memoir) 2002, Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography/Autobiography) 2001
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