Borrowed finery

Description:

In this moving and unusual memoir - this portrait of a life adrift - there are many things Paula can't remember, many things she can't explain, but the gaps are telling, signifying a child's quiet acceptance of the way things are.

subjects: American Novelists,  American Authors,  Childhood and youth,  Biography,  Women authors,  Authors, biography,  Authors, american,  Women, united states, biography,  New York Times reviewed,  American Women novelists,  Romancières américaines,  Enfance et jeunesse

People: Paula Fox,  Paula Fox (1923-)

Times: 20th century,  20e siècle