An edition of Borrowed Finery: A Memoir
(2001)
Borrowed Finery
A Memoir
by Paula Fox
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In this moving and unusual memoir - this portrait of a life adrift - there are many things Paula can't remember, many things she can't explain, but the gaps are telling, signifying a child's quiet acceptance of the way things are.
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American Novelists, American Authors, Childhood and youth, Biography, Women authors, Authors, biography, Authors, american, Women, united states, biography, New York Times reviewed, American Women novelists, Romancières américaines, Enfance et jeunessePeople
Paula Fox, Paula Fox (1923-)Times
20th century, 20e siècleShowing 6 featured editions. View all 12 editions?
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Borrowed Finery: A Memoir
September 2, 2002, Holt Paperbacks
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in English
0805071849 9780805071849
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"The Reverend Elwood Amos Corning, the Congregational minister who took care of me in my infancy and earliest years and whom I called Uncle Elwood, always saw to it that I didn't look down and out."
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