{"product_id":"9781444778038-marjorie-morningstar","title":"Marjorie Morningstar","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 'proto-feminist classic' (Vulture) from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. The timeless classic about the American dream - and the girl who lives it. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I read it and I thought, 'Oh, God, this is me.'\" - Scarlet Johansson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow hailed as a \"proto-feminist classic\" (\u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e), Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk's powerful coming-of-age novel about an ambitious young woman pursuing her artistic dreams in New York City has been a perennial favourite since it was first a bestseller in the 1950s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSixteen-year-old Marjorie Morgenstern lives a quiet life in New York City. Her mother hopes for a glittering marriage to a good man, but Marjorie has other ideas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen she falls desperately in love with Noel Airman, a musician as reckless as he is talented, Marjorie dreams of defying her destiny as a wife and mother to become a star of the stage. Why should she settle with being just another Mrs Morgenstern if she can succeed as Marjorie Morningstar?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRich with humour and poignancy, \u003ci\u003eMarjorie Morningstar\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic love story, one that spans two continents and two decades in the life of its heroine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A proto-feminist classic.\" - Boris Kachka, \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"To me, it's a unicorn of a book - a so-called women's novel, written by a man, that takes its heroine very seriously . A serious book that finds a big, sprawling story in what seems like a small, narrow life.\" - Laura Lippman, \u003ci\u003eauthor of The Lady in the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Very good reading indeed.\" - Maxwell Geismar, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944044474465,"sku":"9781444778038","price":11.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_8145943_jpg.jpg?v=1712294790","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781444778038-marjorie-morningstar","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}