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In 1978, Rosemary Mahoney, an aspiring young writer of seventeen, wrote a letter to one of her personal idols, inquiring whether this great lady of American letters might need some domestic help during the summer. When Lillian Hellman responded affirmatively, Mahoney was ecstatic and wasted no time imagining that the summer in Hellman`s employ might cement a friendship with the iconic writer, or that the proximity to greatness might spur her own fledgling literary efforts. In reality, the lonesome and anxious Mahoney was hiding behind a facade of self-confidence and saw in Hellman an escape and a salvation from the rigors of growing up in her complex Irish family. Her ambitious hopes were swiftly shattered as the summer unfolded into an exquisite and grueling exercise in humiliation at the hands of the famously acerbic Hellman and her retinue of celebrated friends. This book is ultimately about the limitations of age, the complexities of literary ambition, and our need for heroes. By turns heartbreaking and uproariously funny, A Likely Story portrays the painful coming of age of a brilliant young writer and, by extension, the universal story of innocence lost. AUTHOR: Rosemary Mahoney
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Washington by Douglas S. Freeman
Washington is the most complete, definitive one-volume biography of George Washington ever written. In 1948 renowned biographer and military historian Douglas Southall Freeman won his second Pulitzer Prize for his new dramatic reexamination of George Washington. AUTHOR: Douglas S. Freeman
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Southern Selves by James Watkins, Jim Watkins
A literary portrait of the South, taken from the writings of some of America`s most famous novelists, poets, and essayists. Contributors include William Faulkner, Mark Twain, Eudora Welty, Robert Penn Warren, and Reynolds Price. AUTHOR: James Watkins, Jim Watkins
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Gift of Jazzy by Cindy Adams
New York Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams shares stories about life with her beloved Yorkshire terrier, Jazzy. AUTHOR: Cindy Adams
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Piano Lessons by Noah Adams
The host of NPR's All Things Considered tells of the progress and setbacks in his learning to play the piano in mid-life. AUTHOR: Noah Adams
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Great Black Jockeys by Edward Hotaling
Hotaling presents the first book to tell the story of the lives and times of the forgotten men whose extraordinary skills were a wonder to behold--the great black jockeys, whose glory days ranged from the late 1700s to the birth of this century. AUTHOR: Edward Hotaling
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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