City of Girls: A Novel
Elizabeth Gilbert
Jun 2019 Ā· Penguin Random House Audio Ā· Narrated by Blair Brown
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
From the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and The Signature of All Things, a delicious novel of glamour, sex, and adventure, about a young woman discovering that you don't have to be a good girl to be a good person.
"A spellbinding novel about love, freedom, and finding your own happiness." - PopSugar
"Intimate and richly sensual, razzle-dazzle with a hint of danger." -USA Today
"Pairs well with a cocktail...or two." -TheSkimm
"Life is both fleeting and dangerous, and there is no point in denying yourself pleasure, or being anything other than what you are."
Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love.
In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. There Vivian is introduced to an entire cosmos of unconventional and charismatic characters, from the fun-chasing showgirls to a sexy male actor, a grand-dame actress, a lady-killer writer, and no-nonsense stage manager. But when Vivian makes a personal mistake that results in professional scandal, it turns her new world upside down in ways that it will take her years to fully understand. Ultimately, though, it leads her to a new understanding of the kind of life she craves - and the kind of freedom it takes to pursue it. It will also lead to the love of her life, a love that stands out from all the rest.
Now eighty-nine years old and telling her story at last, Vivian recalls how the events of those years altered the course of her life - and the gusto and autonomy with which she approached it. "At some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time," she muses. "After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is." Written with a powerful wisdom about human desire and connection, City of Girls is a love story like no other.
From the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and The Signature of All Things, a delicious novel of glamour, sex, and adventure, about a young woman discovering that you don't have to be a good girl to be a good person.
"A spellbinding novel about love, freedom, and finding your own happiness." - PopSugar
"Intimate and richly sensual, razzle-dazzle with a hint of danger." -USA Today
"Pairs well with a cocktail...or two." -TheSkimm
"Life is both fleeting and dangerous, and there is no point in denying yourself pleasure, or being anything other than what you are."
Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love.
In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. There Vivian is introduced to an entire cosmos of unconventional and charismatic characters, from the fun-chasing showgirls to a sexy male actor, a grand-dame actress, a lady-killer writer, and no-nonsense stage manager. But when Vivian makes a personal mistake that results in professional scandal, it turns her new world upside down in ways that it will take her years to fully understand. Ultimately, though, it leads her to a new understanding of the kind of life she craves - and the kind of freedom it takes to pursue it. It will also lead to the love of her life, a love that stands out from all the rest.
Now eighty-nine years old and telling her story at last, Vivian recalls how the events of those years altered the course of her life - and the gusto and autonomy with which she approached it. "At some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time," she muses. "After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is." Written with a powerful wisdom about human desire and connection, City of Girls is a love story like no other.
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4.3
22 reviews
Michelle Shafer
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October 29, 2022
What a fabulous way to hear about the history of the 40's and the war experience through a very interesting character. I didn't want it to end.
Deb Pierce
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July 21, 2022
Thoroughly engaging! Gilbert combines words in uniquely colorful ways to introduce intriguing characters and events.
Jessica Garcia
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December 2, 2022
An incredible story and peek into another world.
About the author
Elizabeth GilbertĀ is the #1Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling author ofĀ Big Magic, Eat Pray Love, and several other internationally bestselling books of fiction and nonfiction. Gilbert began her career writing forĀ Harperās Bazaar,Ā Spin,Ā the New York Times Magazine,Ā andĀ GQ, and was a three-time finalist for the National Magazine Award. Her story collectionĀ PilgrimsĀ was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award;Ā The Last American ManĀ was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The follow-up memoirĀ CommittedĀ became an instant #1Ā New York TimesĀ bestseller. Her novel,Ā The Signature of All Things, was named a Best Book of 2013 by theĀ New York Times,Ā O Magazine, theĀ Washington Post,Ā theĀ Chicago Tribune, and theĀ New Yorker. Gilbertās short fiction has appeared inĀ Esquire,Ā Story, One Story, and theĀ Paris Review. Her new novel, City of Girls, will be released June 2019.
Blair BrownĀ won a Tony Award for her performance inĀ Copenhagen. She received an Ace Award and five Emmy nominations forĀ The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.Ā She is a an accomplished narrator for BOT, including recordings ofĀ Last KissĀ by Luanne Rice andĀ The Senator's WifeĀ by Sue Miller.
Blair BrownĀ won a Tony Award for her performance inĀ Copenhagen. She received an Ace Award and five Emmy nominations forĀ The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.Ā She is a an accomplished narrator for BOT, including recordings ofĀ Last KissĀ by Luanne Rice andĀ The Senator's WifeĀ by Sue Miller.
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