Marjorie Morningstar: The 'proto-feminist classic' (Vulture) from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author

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Sixteen-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.

When 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

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Praise for Marjorie Morningstar

  • Marjorie evokes the period when girls are still free to dream about their future, before they actually have to start making choices about it. - SlateI read it and thought, 'Oh my god, this is me." - Scarlett Johansson

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