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Rich, Attractive People In Attractive Places Doing Attractive Things, Tonya Walker Jan 2006

Rich, Attractive People In Attractive Places Doing Attractive Things, Tonya Walker

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Rich, Attractive People in Attractive Places Doing Attractive Things is a fictional memoir of a dead Manhattan socialite from the 1950's named Sunny Marcus. The novel is Sunny's monologue from Hell and features many well-known figures from American pop culture including Truman Capote, Ernest Hemingway, Clark Gable, William Powell and Babe Paley. It traces the upward trajectory of Sunny's life from a modest childhood in 1920's Los Angeles to the heights of social success in the unforgiving world of Café Society to her murder.


It's An Irish Lullaby: One Story Of Hyphenated American Culture, Mary-Ellen Jones Jan 2006

It's An Irish Lullaby: One Story Of Hyphenated American Culture, Mary-Ellen Jones

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The objective of this project was to come to a clear understanding of Irish-American culture--and how that culture expresses itself in individuals. The text considers the role of myth, religion, language, tradition, stereotypes and to a lesser degree gender in the molding of character. Although autobiographical in nature many of the themes are those that encompass the Irish-American experience as a whole. Questions asked throughout the process include, what makes one hyphenated? How is this culture passed from generation to generation? And is it multifaceted? Is there more than one way to express being Irish-American. The text is presented is …