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Availability:In StockContributor:Jean BurgessPublish date:4/14/2026Pages:306
Language:EnglishPublisher:Apprentice HouseISBN-13:9781627206273ISBN-10:1627206272UPC:9781627206273Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, City Life, FriendshipBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.7804Product ID:SC8CB6702C

In 1981, Margie Stevens, a 26-year-old aspiring writer, moves from Maryland's Eastern Shore to New York City. Initially overwhelmed by the contrasts between small town life and NYC, Margie takes a job at Radio City Music Hall to pay the bills while she slowly learns how to navigate city life with help from a menagerie of friends-a punk waitress from the neighborhood diner; a gay couple from her apartment building; a dreamy Hispanic man from her writing group; and her fashion-crazed roommate.

As the harsher aspects of living in the Big Apple-the cocaine crisis and a mysterious nameless disease-affect people she knows, and a huge anti-nuclear demonstration for world peace shakes her world view, Margie's writing pivots in a surprising new direction.

However, pressure from her father, with whom she has a troubled relationship, begins to wear on her, particularly when tragedy strikes within her "New York family." Despite a budding romance with a fellow writer, Margie has to decide whether to stay on her New York career course or retreat home to Maryland and her Eastern Shore roots.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Apprentice HouseISBN-13:9781627206273ISBN-10:1627206272UPC:9781627206273Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, City Life, FriendshipBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.7804Product ID:SC8CB6702C
Burgess, Jean: - Jean Burgess is a writer, editor, playwright, and workshop presenter. As a former professional stage actor and director, many of her written works relate to the performing arts, including her debut novel, That Summer She Found Her Voice: A Retro Novel. Her nonfiction, Collaborative Stage Directing, was published by Routledge in 2019. Before diving into a writing career, Jean taught theater and speech communications on both the secondary and college levels for twenty-three years. She holds an M.A. in Theater from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in Educational Theater from New York University.
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