2003, ISBN: 0007137230

[EAN: 9780007137237], Used, very good, [SC: 2.8], [PU: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London], PAULA FOX BORROWED FINERY, One of the most powerful memoirs of recent times. Shor… Altro …

[EAN: 9780007137237], Used, very good, [SC: 2.8], [PU: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London], PAULA FOX BORROWED FINERY, One of the most powerful memoirs of recent times. Shortly after Paula Fox's birth in 1923, her hard-drinking Hollywood screenwriter father and her glamorous mother left her in a Manhattan orphanage. Rescued by her grandmother, she was passed from hand to hand, the kindness of strangers interrupted by brief and disturbing reunions with her darkly enchanting parents. In New York, Paula lives with her Spanish grandmother; in Cuba, she wanders about freely on a sugarcane plantation owned by a wealthy relative; in California she finds herself cast away on the dismal margins of Hollywood where famous actors and literary celebrities - John Wayne, Buster Keaton, Orson Welles - glitteringly appear and then fade away. A moving and unusual portrait of a life adrift. Paula Fox gives us an unforgettable appraisal of just how much - and how little - a child requires to survive. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

2003, ISBN: 9780007137237

Harpercollins Pub Ltd. Good. 5.08 x 0.63 x 7.8 inches. Paperback. 2003. 278 pages. Cover corner clipped.<br>One of the most powerful memo irs of recent times.Shortly after Paula Fox… Altro …

Harpercollins Pub Ltd. Good. 5.08 x 0.63 x 7.8 inches. Paperback. 2003. 278 pages. Cover corner clipped.<br>One of the most powerful memo irs of recent times.Shortly after Paula Foxs birth in 1923, her h ard-drinking Hollywood screenwriter father and her glamorous moth er left her in a Manhattan orphanage. Rescued by her grandmother, she was passed from hand to hand, the kindness of strangers inte rrupted by brief and disturbing reunions with her darkly enchanti ng parents. In New York, Paula lives with her Spanish grandmother ; in Cuba, she wanders about freely on a sugarcane plantation own ed by a wealthy relative; in California she finds herself cast aw ay on the dismal margins of Hollywood where famous actors and lit erary celebrities John Wayne, Buster Keaton, Orson Welles glitter ingly appear and then fade away.A moving and unusual portrait of a life adrift. Paula Fox gives us an unforgettable appraisal of j ust how much and how little a child requires to survive. ., Harpercollins Pub Ltd, 2003, 2.5<