Name: A Time to be Born

Author: Dawn Powell
Year: 1942
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Humor, Satire, Fiction

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9781883642419
1883642418
Set against an atmospheric backdrop of New York City in the months just before America'€™ s entry into World War II, A Time To Be Born is a scathing and hilarious study of cynical New Yorkers stalking each other for various selfish ends. At the center of the story are a wealthy, self-involved newspaper publisher and his scheming, novelist wife, Amanda Keeler. Powell always denied that Amanda Keeler was based upon the real-life Clare Boothe Luce, until years later when she discovered a memo she'€™d written to herself in 1939 that said, '€œWhy not do a novel on Clare Luce?'€ Which prompted Powell to write in her diary '€œWho can I believe? Me or myself?'€ From the Trade Paperback edition.
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