A Time to Be Born

ISBN: 1883642418

Author: Powell, Dawn

Condition: New

This scathing comedy of manners set in the 1940s steers us through the lives of women who come to New York . . . for love, money, opportunity, and a good time (New York Times).At the center of this 1942 novel are a wealthy, self-involved newspaper publisher and his scheming, novelist wife, Amanda Keeler-who ensnares Ohioan Vicky Haven in her social and romantic manipulations.Author Dawn Powell always denied Amanda Keeler was based upon the real-life Clare Boothe Luce until years later when she discovered a memo shed written to herself in 1939 that said, Why not do a novel on Clare Luce? Which prompted Powell to write in her diary, Who can I believe? Me or myself?Set against an atmospheric backdrop of New York City in the months just before America s entry into World War II, A Time of Be Born is a scathing and hilarious study of cynical New Yorkers stalking each other for various selfish ends.