Angela Bourke

Counterpoint LLC; Reprint edition (9 Feb. 2016)

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Maeve Brennan: Homesick At The New Yorker

Irish born writer Maeve Brennan was a formidably gifted woman whose extraordinary talents took her to The New Yorker magazine in 1948 as a staff writer. It was during the 1950s and 1960s, the magazine’s so-called golden period, that Brennan held one of the most coveted positions in the world of print journalism writing stories and columns that placed her at the top table of American culture. Witty, beautiful, and uniquely talented, Maeve Brennan left a lasting impression on those who met her or read her timeless urban sketches of life in Times Square and the Village for the Talk of the Town column. Added to that were the elegantly written short stories along with tales of childhood, marriage, and exile. She had the world at her feet and yet a career that delivered on its brilliance ended in alcoholism, madness, and destitution on the streets of Manhattan. Why did life go so tragically wrong for Maeve Brennan?

Format: Hardcover & Paperback

Paperback: 360 Pages

Language: English

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Reviewed By Reviewed By Juliette Foster

“A fascinating profile of a woman whose intellectual brilliance dazzled the pages of The New Yorker magazine but whose life would end in tragedy, madness, and obscurity.”