The Beginner's Book of Dreams

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Watermark

Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480422292

<DIV><DIV><b>This celebrated coming-of-age novel moves from Manhattan during the early days of <i>Mad Men </i>to the swinging, chaotic 1970s: A sensitive girl burdened with her mother&rsquo;s drinking and long string of husbands becomes a special young woman when her best friend&rsquo;s family opens her eyes to art</b></div><DIV><BR>Esme Singer is a resilient girl from Los Angeles, new to Manhattan, who takes better care of her beautiful, alcoholic mother than her mother does of her. A former fashion model and extra in the movies, her mother attracts a series of husbands and boyfriends as Esme watches in fascination and sometimes horror. Esme&rsquo;s father comes and goes, forever riding the wave of the latest get-rich-quick scheme. As Esme becomes a teenager, she turns to her friend Leah&rsquo;s cultured, exotic family for inspiration and solace&mdash;especially Leah&rsquo;s father, a well-known photographer who encourages Esme to cultivate her gifts. Might art&mdash;and a favorite teacher&mdash;become the answer to some of her troubles?</div><DIV><i><BR>The</i> <i>Beginner&rsquo;s Book of Dreams</i> is an insightful, sophisticated, sometimes wickedly funny, always sharp-eyed portrayal of a young woman inventing and discovering her own independent spirit.<BR></div><DIV></div></div>