Two serious ladies : a novel

by Jane Bowles

Paperback, 2010

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Follows two upper-class women, Christina Goering and Frieda Copperfield, as they descend into debauchery
Introduced by Lorna Sage; with a memoir by Truman Capote
First published in 1943

Description

"Christina Goering, eccentric and adventurous, and Frieda Copperfield, anxious but enterprising, are two serious ladies who want to live outside of themselves. Old friends, each will take a surprising path in search of salvation: during a visit to Panama, Mrs. Copperfield abandons her husband, finding solace in a relationship with a teenage prostitute; while Miss Goering, a wealthy spinster, pursues sainthood via sordid encounters with the basest of men. At the end the two women meet again, each radically altered by her experience"--Provided by publisher.

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London : Sort Of Books, 2010, c1943. 286 p. : ports. ; 20 cm.

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256 p.; 7.72 inches
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