The Receptionist
Download or Read eBook The Receptionist PDF written by Janet Groth and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Janet Groth |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2013-06-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781616203078 |
ISBN-13 | : 1616203072 |
Rating | : 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Receptionist by : Janet Groth
Book excerpt: In 1957, when a young Midwestern woman landed a job at The New Yorker, she didn’t expect to stay long at the reception desk. But stay she did, and for twenty-one years she had the best seat in the house. In addition to taking messages, she ran interference for jealous wives checking on adulterous husbands, drank with famous writers at famous watering holes throughout bohemian Greenwich Village, and was seduced, two-timed, and proposed to by a few of the magazine’s eccentric luminaries. This memoir of a particular time and place is an enchanting tale of a woman in search of herself.