The trouble with you : a novel / Ellen Feldman.
"Set in New York City in the heady aftermath of World War II when the men were coming home, the women were exhaling in relief, and everyone was having babies, The Trouble With You is the story of a young woman whose rosy future is upended in a single instant. Raised never to step out of bounds, educated in one of the Sister Seven Colleges for a career as a wife and mother, torn between her cousin Mimi who is determined to keep her a "nice girl" - the kind that marries a doctor - and her aunt Rose who has a rebellious past of her own, Fanny struggles to raise her young daughter and forge a new life by sheer will and pluck. When she gets a job as a secretary to the "queen" of radio serials - never to be referred to as soaps - she discovers she likes working, and through her friendship with an actress who stars in the series and a man who writes them, comes face to face with the blacklist which is destroying careers and wrecking lives. Ultimately, Fanny must decide between playing it safe or doing what she knows is right in this vivid evocation of a world that seems at once light years away and strangely immediate."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250879462
- ISBN: 1250879469
- ISBN: 9781250879479
- ISBN: 1250879477
- Physical Description: 338 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2024.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes a conversation with the author and reading group questions.
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- Subject:
- Blacklisting of authors > Fiction.
Nineteen fifties > Fiction.
Single mothers > Fiction.
Secretaries > Fiction.
Widows > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction. - Genre:
- Historical fiction.
Novels.
Available copies
- 15 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | FIC FEL (Text) | 37810435813364 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | F FEL (Text) | 50503300488469 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bath Community Library | FIC (Text) | 38344101754792 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Benhaven Public Library | F Fel (Text) | 33630005348839 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Etowah Branch | FEL (Text) | 33258010359795 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library | FIC FEL (Text) | 31420621471922 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | F FEL (Text) | 900005000250430 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | FEL (Text) | 33258010359786 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Lenoir Library | F FELDMAN Ellen (Text) | 50669012958501 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Maggie Valley Library | F Feldman (Text) | 33115007704108 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
"Set in New York City in the heady aftermath of World War II when the men were coming home, the women were exhaling in relief, and everyone was having babies, The Trouble With You is the story of a young woman whose rosy future is upended in a single instant. Raised never to step out of bounds, educated in one of the Sister Seven Colleges for a career as a wife and mother, torn between her cousin Mimi who is determined to keep her a "nice girl" - the kind that marries a doctor - and her aunt Rose who has a rebellious past of her own, Fanny struggles to raise her young daughter and forge a new life by sheer will and pluck. When she gets a job as a secretary to the "queen" of radio serials - never to be referred to as soaps - she discovers she likes working, and through her friendship with an actress who stars in the series and a man who writes them, comes face to face with the blacklist which is destroying careers and wrecking lives. Ultimately, Fanny must decide between playing it safe or doing what she knows is right in this vivid evocation of a world that seems at once light years away and strangely immediate."--
