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...quarter of the way through Borrowed Finery, novelist Paula Fox’s new memoir, the author’s father makes a fitting observation. “People who’ve been parceled out and knocked around,” he says, “are always returning to the past, retracing their steps.” At 78, with six novels and 21 children’s works behind her, Fox is finally lending credence to the statement, offering an elegant, if fragmentary, portrait of her first 20 years...
Such a chronological description of Fox’s early years, however, belies the content and structure of her memoir. Borrowed Finery is not a work of autobiography, and those looking for a comprehensive account of Fox’s upbringing will be disappointed. Rather than a coherent and patterned narrative, Borrowed Finery is a smattering of Fox’s memories and experiences, a collection of impressions—of places, of people, of kindnesses and betrayals. Geographical locations replace dates as the signalers of time, with each section of the book bearing simply the name of the place...
BORROWED FINERY: A MEMOIR...
DIED. GLORIA HEMINGWAY, 69, transsexual youngest son turned daughter of novelist Ernest Hemingway; in a Miami jail cell. Born Gregory, the former physician wrote Papa: A Personal Memoir in 1976, battled alcohol addiction and had her medical license revoked. Her famous father once said Gregory had "the biggest dark side in the family except...
...indecision over whether or not to agree to do the interview at all, but went ahead thinking that she would regret it if she passed the opportunity up. Stumped by what to possibly ask a woman who had already been asked every question imaginable, Gross read the Lewinsky memoir as part of her preparatory research. She recalls being struck by how much it read like a romance novel, especially given the realities of the relationship. When she posed this contradiction to Lewinsky during the interview, Lewinsky chose to walk out. Gross went on to address the ethics of doing...