A Fairy Tale of New York is a funny, lusty, and sad novel of comic genius. Returning from study abroad, Cornelius Christian enters customs with his luggage and his dead wife. His first encounter in New York is with a funeral director, with whom he reluctantly takes employment to pay for the burial e
A Woman in New York: A Tale of Three Lives
โ Scribed by Louis J. Spaventa
- Book ID
- 110844990
- Publisher
- Spaventa Publishing
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 92 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780999158548
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โฆ Synopsis
A Woman In New York is the story of Ella Winters a teenage prostitute hooked on methamphetamine. Her pimp, Jimmy Diaz, is a street punk, trying to make it in New York City. Johnny Russo is the social worker whose cases include that of Ella Winters, and who provokes Jimmy Diaz into rash action.
This unhappy triangle disentangles itself as Ella, Jimmy and Johnny grow into different people by overcoming obstacles in their paths and building relationships that remove the bitterness and rootlessness of their early adult years.
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Overview: James Patrick Donleavy (born 23 April 1926) is an Irish American novelist and playwright. Born in New York City to Irish emigrant parents, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war ended he moved to Ireland. In 1946 he began studying at Trinity College, Dublin, but left