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The Resource Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney ; read by Xe Sands

Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney ; read by Xe Sands

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'In my reckless and undiscouraged youth,' Lillian Boxfish writes, 'I worked in a walnut-paneled office thirteen floors above West Thirty-Fifth Street ...' She took 1930s New York by storm, working her way up writing copy for R.H. Macy's to become the highest paid advertising woman in the country. It was a job that, she says, 'in some ways saved my life, and in other ways ruined it.' Now it's the last night of 1984 and Lillian, 85 years old but just as sharp and savvy as ever, is on her way to a party. It's chilly enough out for her mink coat and Manhattan is grittier now - her son keeps warning her about a subway vigilante on the prowl - but the quick-tongued poetess has never been one to scare easily. On a walk that takes her over 10 miles around the city, she meets bartenders, bodega clerks, security guards, criminals, children, parents and parents-to-be, while reviewing a life of excitement and adversity, passion and heartbreak, illuminating all the ways New York has changed - and has not. A love letter to city life in all its guts and grandeur, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney paints a portrait of a remarkable woman across the canvas of a changing America: from the Jazz Age to the onset of the AIDS epidemic; the Great Depression to the birth of hip-hop. Lillian figures she might as well take her time. For now, after all, the night is still young
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (08 hr., 17 min.)
Note
  • Downloadable Audiobook
  • Duration: 08:17:20
Isbn
9781489415165
Link
https://fe.bolindadigital.com/wldcs_bol_fo/b2i/productDetail.html?productId=BOL_418522&b2bSite=1545
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Lillian Boxfish takes a walk
Title
Lillian Boxfish takes a walk
Statement of responsibility
Kathleen Rooney ; read by Xe Sands
Creator
Contributor
Author
Narrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
'In my reckless and undiscouraged youth,' Lillian Boxfish writes, 'I worked in a walnut-paneled office thirteen floors above West Thirty-Fifth Street ...' She took 1930s New York by storm, working her way up writing copy for R.H. Macy's to become the highest paid advertising woman in the country. It was a job that, she says, 'in some ways saved my life, and in other ways ruined it.' Now it's the last night of 1984 and Lillian, 85 years old but just as sharp and savvy as ever, is on her way to a party. It's chilly enough out for her mink coat and Manhattan is grittier now - her son keeps warning her about a subway vigilante on the prowl - but the quick-tongued poetess has never been one to scare easily. On a walk that takes her over 10 miles around the city, she meets bartenders, bodega clerks, security guards, criminals, children, parents and parents-to-be, while reviewing a life of excitement and adversity, passion and heartbreak, illuminating all the ways New York has changed - and has not. A love letter to city life in all its guts and grandeur, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney paints a portrait of a remarkable woman across the canvas of a changing America: from the Jazz Age to the onset of the AIDS epidemic; the Great Depression to the birth of hip-hop. Lillian figures she might as well take her time. For now, after all, the night is still young
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technical information on music
Cataloging source
AU-TuBDP
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1980-
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Rooney, Kathleen
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
Intended audience
Adult
Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
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not applicable
PerformerNote
Read by Xe Sands
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Sands, Xe
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  • Interpersonal relations
  • Older women
  • Reminiscing
Target audience
adult
Label
Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney ; read by Xe Sands
Link
https://fe.bolindadigital.com/wldcs_bol_fo/b2i/productDetail.html?productId=BOL_418522&b2bSite=1545
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Publication
Note
  • Downloadable Audiobook
  • Duration: 08:17:20
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
9781489415165-BOL1273886-000
Dimensions
  • unknown
  • not applicable
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (08 hr., 17 min.)
Form of item
electronic
Governing access note
Access restricted to registered members of City Libraries
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781489415165
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not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • c
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • remote
  • other
Speed
unknown
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
Lillian Boxfish takes a walk, Kathleen Rooney ; read by Xe Sands
Link
https://fe.bolindadigital.com/wldcs_bol_fo/b2i/productDetail.html?productId=BOL_418522&b2bSite=1545
Publication
Note
  • Downloadable Audiobook
  • Duration: 08:17:20
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
9781489415165-BOL1273886-000
Dimensions
  • unknown
  • not applicable
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (08 hr., 17 min.)
Form of item
electronic
Governing access note
Access restricted to registered members of City Libraries
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781489415165
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • c
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • remote
  • other
Speed
unknown
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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