Sue Kaufman Diary Of A Mad Housewife

Kaufman, Sue. DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE. New York: Random House, 1967.
Very light edge and corner shelf wear, previous owner's name in ink, DJ has some light edge wear and small tears, light stain/soil. ; Dust jacket in Acid/Free Dura/Clear Jacket Cover. Designed by Kenneth Miyamoto. Jacket design by Larry Ratzkin. Author photo by Luke Di Gesu". Author's third and most famous novel. Basis for the 1970 film by Frank Perry with Richard Benjamin, Frank Langella, and Carrie Snodgress. ; 8vo; 311 pages; From front flap: "muggers, rapists, sharks, fires, tidal waves, fatal disease-every one known to man. This list could go on, but I can't...So writes Bettina Balser in the first entry of her "journal". Tina's life has many of the appurtenances , encumbrances and perquisites of the middle-class "housewife" in New York City. She has two girls, aged nine and seven, who are alternately monstrous and lovable; a maid who comes in by the day; bad nerves; an incontinent poodle, a cavernous apartment on Central Park West; insomnia; few friends but many acquaintances; an unsatisfactory sex life, a nostalgia for the first years of her marriage; an aversion to cocktail parties; an ambitious and insensitive husband who is a bully and a nag-and the suspicion that she is slowly going out of her mind. As a form of therapy, Tina begins a secret diary, in which she pours out her thoughts and emotions, and records the dreary chores of her meaningless and cluttered existence. The result is fresh, mordant entertainment, for in Tina's exceptionally frank account of the way she lives and feels, she casts a cool eye on New York mores, extramarital sex, coping with trivia, the urban male and, above all, on the woman who chooses to be called a housewife. Witty, poignant, fresh and knowing. DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE will be relished by women, will make many men blush, and will impel every reader to think twice about some of the idiocies of daily life. " ! ! Book & Read on ! !.

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Kaufman, Sue. DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE. Signed, New York Random House 1967

A significant presentation. First Edition. 8vo., 313pp. Very good or better in a near fine, fresh dustwrapper. This outstanding copy inscribed on the front free endpaper to the woman who inspired this work: "To Mabel Frohlich / who is the model / for my heroine. / Sue Kaufman". As there is no formal printed dedicatee, this particular presentation comes about as close to the mark as we're going to get. Basis for the 1970 Frank Perry film of the same name starring Carrie Snodgrass & Richard Benjamin. An important 60's title, which shared the morphing cultural & cinematic stage & screen with "The Graduate". 1st Edition

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Kaufman, Sue: Diary of a Mad Housewife, USA Bantam 1970
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Some edgewear and creasing of covers and spine otherwise still a very good reading copy Mass Market Paperback

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Kaufman, Sue: Diary of a Mad Housewife, Penguin 1971
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A diary of one unforgettable winter of discontent,...... Worn cover, tanned pages,prev owners name inside cover.. Complete and readable Paperback SEE OUR GREAT POSTAGE RATES

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