Metropolitan Life

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I still think she's very clever and represents a certain urban social strata that's, today, lost forever. This has some extremely dated references, including jokes about est, but it's a window into a specific place and time. A witty, sometimes curmudgeonly, often helpful look at various fads, crazes, morals, fashions, and mores in America today ranges from comments on good weather to a pontifical guide for the truly ambitious. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

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A study of physical defects among school children in New York city (American child health association, 1934), also by American Child Health Association, New York (N. Het sterkst vond ik haar in de puntige epigram achtige uitspraken die een beetje aan Wilde doen denken. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: An epoch in life insurance; twenty-five years of administration of the Metropolitan life insurance company.

This is a collection of Lebowitz essays that originally were published in Warhol's magazine, Interview and in Mademoiselle and all were written in the 1970's. I recently saw a documentary about her, and they mentioned two books she had written back in the late 70s. It’s really cool to read about a long gone era of New York, but at the same time, boy are most of these essays dated! Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Report of the Health Section of the World Federation of Education Associations.So for those who live in New York, or who are part of the art world, or those who are part of the literary world, or those that happen to include all three in their circles of acquaintance, these essays are probably hilarious — they weren’t for me. And one might think that maybe the comments would not be very important nowadays, the situations and examples that Fran provides are still a living thing today. Top edge of rear board has a small bump; otherwise, normal shelfwear with previous owner's name inked on front free endpaper.

I read somewhere that the author was a cab driver when she was young, so it wasn't all Perrier and high-thread-count sheets for her. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: The child, printed and distributed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for the use of its policy-holders. Lebowitz clearly has a witty, frequently snarky voice but I found most of it only mildly entertaining or interesting to read.I borrowed this from the library but it’s something I’d probably get more out of as an owned book that I can grab once in a while and read an essay here and there. Hardcover, [octavo], quarterbound black cloth spine, gilt spine titles, orange boards, illustrated dust jacket, 177 pp. Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This is one of the funnier passages in my opinion, and frankly, I just don't find this all that amusing.