The Resource A friend is a gift you give yourself, William Boyle
A friend is a gift you give yourself, William Boyle
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The item A friend is a gift you give yourself, William Boyle represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- After Brooklyn mob widow Rena Ruggiero hits her neighbour Enzio in the head with an ashtray when he makes an unwanted move on her, she embarks on a bizarre adventure. Taking off in Enzio's '62 Impala, she retreats to the Bronx home of her estranged daughter, Adrienne, and her granddaughter, Lucia, only to be turned away by Adrienne at the door. Their neighbour, Lacey "Wolfie" Wolfstein, a Golden Age porn star and retired Florida Suncoast grifter, takes Rena in and befriends her. When Lucia discovers that Adrienne is planning to hit the road with her ex-boyfriend Richie, she figures Rena's her only way out of a life on the run with a mother she can't stand. But Richie has massacred a few members of the Brancaccio crime family for a big payday and he drags more trouble into the mix in the form of an unhinged enforcer named Crea. The stage is set for an explosion that will propel Rena, Wolfie, and Lucia down a strange path - each woman running from something and unsure what comes next
- Language
- eng
- Label
- A friend is a gift you give yourself
- Title
- A friend is a gift you give yourself
- Statement of responsibility
- William Boyle
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- After Brooklyn mob widow Rena Ruggiero hits her neighbour Enzio in the head with an ashtray when he makes an unwanted move on her, she embarks on a bizarre adventure. Taking off in Enzio's '62 Impala, she retreats to the Bronx home of her estranged daughter, Adrienne, and her granddaughter, Lucia, only to be turned away by Adrienne at the door. Their neighbour, Lacey "Wolfie" Wolfstein, a Golden Age porn star and retired Florida Suncoast grifter, takes Rena in and befriends her. When Lucia discovers that Adrienne is planning to hit the road with her ex-boyfriend Richie, she figures Rena's her only way out of a life on the run with a mother she can't stand. But Richie has massacred a few members of the Brancaccio crime family for a big payday and he drags more trouble into the mix in the form of an unhinged enforcer named Crea. The stage is set for an explosion that will propel Rena, Wolfie, and Lucia down a strange path - each woman running from something and unsure what comes next
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1978-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Boyle, William
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Female friendship
- Older women
- Automobile theft
- Grandparent and child
- Mothers and daughters
- Organized crime
- Mafia
- New York (N.Y.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A friend is a gift you give yourself, William Boyle
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p2251248295
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 351 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780857302410
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- A friend is a gift you give yourself, William Boyle
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p2251248295
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 351 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780857302410
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
Subject
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Grandparent and child -- Fiction
- Mafia -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- Automobile theft -- Fiction
- Older women -- Fiction
- Organized crime -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Black humor
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