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First nights

Susan Fromberg Schaeffer

1993635 pagesabout 10–15 hours
1993
first published
  • 1993A.A. Knopf · 635 pages · ENGISBN 9780394588209
  • 1993Hamish Hamilton · 640 pages · ENGISBN 9780241130797
  • 1994Penguin · 656 pages · ENGISBN 9780140145434

"Beautifully and gracefully written . . . delightful to read." The New York Times Book Review. The breathtaking tale of two women -- legendary screen goddess Anna Asta and her trusted friend and housekeeper, Ivy Cook. Their youth long behind them, Anna and Ivy tell each other their stories, rearranging the events of the past, reevaluating them, until finally -- together -- they find the one story that lies beneath the apparently patternless chaos of their lives.

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