Marjorie Morningstar

Now hailed as a "proto-feminist classic" (Vulture), Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk's powerful coming-of-age novel about an ambitious young woman pursuing her artistic dreams in New York City has been a perennial favorite since it was first a bestseller in the 1950s.
A starry-eyed young beauty, Marjorie Morgenstern is nineteen years old when she leaves home to accept the job of her dreams--working in a summer-stock company for Noel Airman, its talented and intensely charismatic director. Released from the social constraints of her traditional Jewish family, and thrown into the glorious, colorful world of theater, Marjorie finds herself entangled in a powerful affair with the man destined to become the greatest--and the most destructive--love of her life. Rich with humor and poignancy, Marjorie Morningstar is a classic love story, one that spans two continents and two decades in the life of its heroine.
"I read it and I thought, 'Oh, God, this is me.'" --Scarlet Johansson

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 06/15/1992
ISBN: 9780316955133
Pages: 592
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.17h x 5.56w x 1.50d

Review Citations: Newsweek 04/19/2010 pg. 57

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 74162 / Marjorie Morningstar
Reading Level: 5.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 39