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2020., Riverhead Books Call No: Historical Fic Gilbert Edition: First Riverhead trade paperback edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In 1940, Vivian Morris is kicked out of Vassar College due to poor freshman-year grades, so her wealthy parents send her to live with Aunt Peg in Manhattan--the same Aunt Peg who owns the flamboyant but crumbling theater called Lily Playhouse. In the Playhouse Vivian meets a cast of charismatic and unconventional characters, including fun-loving showgirls and playboy actors, a lady-killer writer, and a no-nonsense stage manager. Decades later, now eighty-nine, Vivian recalls the events of the years that followed her discoveries of life and love in Manhattan.
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2006., Viking Call No: 910.4 GIL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Publisher description More... Summary Note: Elizabeth Gilbert recounts the experiences she had on her year-long journey around the world, and shares how her trip helped her deal with her divorce and the depression that threatened to end her career and her happiness.
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2007, c2006., Penguin Call No: B Gilbertil Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the memoir of a magazine writer's yearlong travels across the world in search of pleasure, guidance, experience and wholeness.
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2014., Penguin Books Call No: Historical FIC Gilbert Genre: Historical Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: The Whittakers have been wealthy botanists ever since their forefather, Henry Whittaker, made his fortune in South America with the quinine trade. His daughter, Alma, is born into luxury and riches in the year 1800, and follows straight in her father's footsteps. Inspired by the idea of evolution later in life, Alma is surprised when she finds herself falling for a spiritual man, who maybe even believes in the magical.
