{"product_id":"a-time-to-be-born-1883642418","title":"A Time to Be Born","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1883642418\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Powell, Dawn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51880963473696,"sku":"NEW1883642418","price":32.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61CsqO3RlnL.jpg?v=1781813884","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/a-time-to-be-born-1883642418","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}