![]() ![]() ![]() Said to be inspired by the life of Margaret Fishback, who worked at R.H. I simply switched the brain into neutral and enjoyed accompanying Lillian around the streets of New York. ![]() It’s an easy read and nothing too taxing, the exact kind of story I was looking for while I nursed a sore mouth having undergone some rather invasive oral surgery recently. Kathleen Rooney’s Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk is a rather sweet novel about an 84-year-old lady, once America’s highest paid female advertising copywriter, taking a walk around Manhattan on New Year’s Eve in 1984.Īs she takes her evening stroll en-route to a party she’s been invited to, she meets and interacts with ordinary New Yorkers and recalls the highs and lows of her extraordinary life and career. Fiction – Kindle edition Daunt Books 302 pages 2017. ![]()
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