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The blackmailer's guide to love : a novel / Marian Thurm.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781953002006 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 329 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Encino, CA : Delphinium Books, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
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| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Thurm | 31681010237824 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Melissa Fleischer, the twenty-five-year-old assistant to a famous New York editor--known to be a notorious philanderer--at a prestigious mainstream magazine begins to sell her short stories to the New Yorker, complicating her relationship with her boss and exerting pressure on her marriage. - Baker & Taylor
A 25-year-old assistant to a famous New York editor (known to be a notorious philanderer) at a prestigious mainstream magazine, begins to sell her short stories to the New Yorker, complicating her relationship with her boss and exerting pressure on her marriage. 75,000 first printing. - HARPERCOLL
One of the many well-educated Ivy League graduates with literary ambitions who flock to New York City every year, 25-year-old Melissa Fleischer has the great fortune to work as the assistant to Austin Bloch, an editor responsible for refining and publishing the work of some of America's most esteemed writers. But after she begins working at this prestigious magazine in the late 1970's, Mel soon learns that the extravagantly long lunches her boss indulges in actually belie his affairs with a stream of young women. Mel is left in the distressing position of lying about these never-ending betrayals to Austin's wife, Hillarie, who often calls while he is out of the office.
But then, unexpectedly, the New Yorker begins publishing Mel's short stories, offering a spectacular start to what she hopes will be a long and fruitful writing career. Unfortunately, the exhilaration of being published by the magazine she reveres most is soon diminished both by Mel's deeply painful discovery that her own marriage'like Austin's'is far from idyllic, and her continuing complicity in Austin's betrayals. And nothing seems more difficult than the effort it will take to keep her marriage from falling apart.
- HARPERCOLL
Chosen by Kirkus Reviews as one of the best books of fiction of 2021
One of the many well-educated Ivy League graduates with literary ambitions who flock to New York City every year, 25-year-old Melissa Fleischer has the great fortune to work as the assistant to Austin Bloch, an editor responsible for refining and publishing the work of some of America’s most esteemed writers. But after she begins working at this prestigious magazine in the late 1970’s, Mel soon learns that the extravagantly long lunches her boss indulges in actually belie his affairs with a stream of young women. Mel is left in the distressing position of lying about these never-ending betrayals to Austin’s wife, Hillarie, who often calls while he is out of the office.
But then, unexpectedly, the New Yorker begins publishing Mel’s short stories, offering a spectacular start to what she hopes will be a long and fruitful writing career. Unfortunately, the exhilaration of being published by the magazine she reveres most is soon diminished both by Mel’s deeply painful discovery that her own marriage—like Austin’s—is far from idyllic, and her continuing complicity in Austin’s betrayals. And nothing seems more difficult than the effort it will take to keep her marriage from falling apart.
- Perseus Publishing
One of the many well-educated Ivy League graduates with literary ambitions who flock to New York City every year, 25-year-old Melissa Fleischer has the great fortune to work as the assistant to Austin Bloch, an editor responsible for refining and publishing the work of some of Americaâs most esteemed writers. But after she begins working at this prestigious magazine in the late 1970âs, Mel soon learns that the extravagantly long lunches her boss indulges in actually belie his affairs with a stream of young women. Mel is left in the distressing position of lying about these never-ending betrayals to Austinâs wife, Hillarie, who often calls while he is out of the office. But then, unexpectedly, the New Yorker begins publishing Melâs short stories, offering a spectacular start to what she hopes will be a long and fruitful writing career. Unfortunately, the exhilaration of being published by the magazine she reveres most is soon diminished both by Melâs deeply painful discovery that her own marriageâlike Austinâsâis far from idyllic, and by her continuing complicity in Austinâs betrayals. And nothing seems more difficult than the effort it will take to keep her marriage from falling apart.
