The Cherry in the Martini

A Memoir

von Rona Jaffe

134 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The New York Times-bestselling author of The Best of Everything charts her emotional development from awkward youth to cynical adulthood in this memoir.The Cherry in the Martini is abundant with personal insights on the joys and challenges of childhood and youth. In short autobiographical essays, Jaffe shares vivid memories of her first experiences of love and loss in her search to find her voice as both a woman and writer. Straightforward and unsentimental, Rona Jaffe's memoir explores the complex emotions of adolescence into adulthood with an honesty that all readers will find welcoming and relatable.Praise for the writing of Rona Jaffe"Reading Rona Jaffe is like being presented with a Cartier watch: you know exactly what you're getting and it's just what you want. Put your feet up, take the phone off the hook, and enjoy." --Cosmopolitan"Vivid and trenchant. . . . Wry and very readable. . . . A minor genius." --The New York Times Book Review"Jaffe has not lost her wit, her keen eye for human frailties and her ear for the small but telling remark." --Publishers Weekly

• ISBN: 9798337207278
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.08.2026
• Größe: 201 x 132 mm
• Verlag: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.