The Receptionist

An Education at The New Yorker

Biography & Memoir, Literary
Cover of the book The Receptionist by Janet Groth, Algonquin Books
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Author: Janet Groth ISBN: 9781616203078
Publisher: Algonquin Books Publication: June 11, 2013
Imprint: Algonquin Books Language: English
Author: Janet Groth
ISBN: 9781616203078
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Publication: June 11, 2013
Imprint: Algonquin Books
Language: English

In 1957, when a young Midwestern woman landed a job at The New Yorker, she didn’t expect to stay long at the reception desk. But stay she did, and for twenty-one years she had the best seat in the house. In addition to taking messages, she ran interference for jealous wives checking on adulterous husbands, drank with famous writers at famous watering holes throughout bohemian Greenwich Village, and was seduced, two-timed, and proposed to by a few of the magazine’s eccentric luminaries. This memoir of a particular time and place is an enchanting tale of a woman in search of herself.

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In 1957, when a young Midwestern woman landed a job at The New Yorker, she didn’t expect to stay long at the reception desk. But stay she did, and for twenty-one years she had the best seat in the house. In addition to taking messages, she ran interference for jealous wives checking on adulterous husbands, drank with famous writers at famous watering holes throughout bohemian Greenwich Village, and was seduced, two-timed, and proposed to by a few of the magazine’s eccentric luminaries. This memoir of a particular time and place is an enchanting tale of a woman in search of herself.

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