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Shiksa Goddess

(Or, How I Spent My Forties) Essays

By Wendy Wasserstein

By Wendy Wasserstein

By Wendy Wasserstein

By Wendy Wasserstein

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May 14, 2002 | ISBN 9780375726033

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Jul 31, 2001 | ISBN 9780375413506

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    About Shiksa Goddess

    Celebrated 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.

    The 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.

    About Shiksa Goddess

    Celebrated 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.

    The 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.

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    About Wendy Wasserstein

    Wendy Wasserstein is the author of the plays Uncommon Women and Others, Isn’t It Romantic, The Sisters Rosensweig, An American Daughter, and The Heidi Chronicles, for which she received a Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and of the books, Bachelor Girls and Shiksa Goddess. She was admired… More about Wendy Wasserstein

    About Wendy Wasserstein

    Wendy Wasserstein is the author of the plays Uncommon Women and Others, Isn’t It Romantic, The Sisters Rosensweig, An American Daughter, and The Heidi Chronicles, for which she received a Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and of the books, Bachelor Girls and Shiksa Goddess. She was admired… More about Wendy Wasserstein

    Product Details

    Category: Humor | Biography & Memoir | Literary Collections

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Vintage
    May 14, 2002 | 256 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375726033

    Category: Humor | Biography & Memoir | Literary Collections

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Vintage
    Jul 31, 2001 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9780375413506

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    Praise

    “Perceptive. . . . Sweet. . . . The often-poignant writing embraces wit, tragedy, joy.” –The Miami Herald

    “Sparkling. . . . Wasserstein comes off . . . warm and honest, unassuming and modest. She’s the quirky, cool aunt you always wished were your mom.” –The Boston Phoenix

    “Wendy Wasserstein writes with a heart as big as The Ritz. . . . These funny, truly intimate and uncommonly passionate pieces are a model of their kind.” –Terrance McNally

    “Gut-wrenching, life-affirming . . . show[s] how powerful good writing can really be.” –New York Post

    Author Essay

    In her author’s desktop, Wendy Wasserstein provides you with two audio recordings of essays from Shiksa Goddess and a brief video tour of Lincoln Center, where many of her works have been performed.

    You will need to have Real Player installed on your computer in order to listen, and Quicktime in order to view.

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