{"product_id":"shiksa-goddess-or-how-i-spent-my-forties-essays-paperback","title":"Shiksa Goddess: (Or, How I Spent My Forties) Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWendy Wasserstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated playwright and magnetic wit Wendy Wasserstein has been firmly rooted in New York's cultural life since her childhood of Broadway matinees, but her appeal is universal. \u003cb\u003eShiksa Goddess\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecollects thirty-five of her urbane, inspiring, and deeply empathic essays-all written when she was in her forties, and all infused with her trademark irreverent humor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe full range of Wasserstein's mid-life obsessions are covered in this eclectic collection: everything from Chekhov, politics, and celebrity, to family, fashion, and real estate. Whether fretting over her figure, discovering her gentile roots, proclaiming her love for ordered-in breakfasts, lobbying for affordable theater, or writing tenderly about her very Jewish mother and her own daughter, born when she was forty-eight and single, Wasserstein reveals the full, dizzying life of a shiksa goddess with unabashed candor and inimitable style.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated playwright and magnetic wit Wendy Wasserstein has been firmly rooted in New York's cultural life since her childhood of Broadway matinees, but her appeal is universal. Shiksa Goddess\" collects thirty-five of her urbane, inspiring, and deeply empathic essays-all written when she was in her forties, and all infused with her trademark irreverent humor. \u003cbr\u003eThe full range of Wasserstein's mid-life obsessions are covered in this eclectic collection: everything from Chekhov, politics, and celebrity, to family, fashion, and real estate. Whether fretting over her figure, discovering her gentile roots, proclaiming her love for ordered-in breakfasts, lobbying for affordable theater, or writing tenderly about her very Jewish mother and her own daughter, born when she was forty-eight and single, Wasserstein reveals the full, dizzying life of a shiksa goddess with unabashed candor and inimitable style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWendy Wasserstein is the author of the the plays \u003ci\u003eUncommon Women and Others\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIsn't It Romantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sisters Rosensweig\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn American Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Heidi Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she received a Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and of the books, \u003ci\u003eBachelor Girls \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eShiksa Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e. She was admired both for the warmth and the satirical cool of her writing; each of her plays and books captures an essence of the time, makes us laugh and leaves us wiser. Wendy Wasserstein was born in 1950 in Brooklyn and died at the age of 55. Her daughter, Lucy Jane, lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 7.95 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47372231049394,"sku":"9780375726033","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/52fb89b176b73bb59cd447da5a786495_8c9cab5b-ff67-4b87-9876-47c0b4d7efa6.jpg?v=1777640776","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/shiksa-goddess-or-how-i-spent-my-forties-essays-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}