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Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir
Wednesday Martin
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Description for Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir
Paperback. Primates of Park Avenue is an "amusing, perceptive and..deliciously evil" memoir of the most secretive and elite tribe, Manhattan's Upper East Side mothers. Num Pages: 272 pages, stepback. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BM; JFC; VFV; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Primates of Park Avenue is an “amusing, perceptive and…deliciously evil” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the most secretive and elite tribe—Manhattan’s Upper East Side mothers.
When Wednesday Martin first arrives on New York City’s Upper East Side, she’s clueless about the right addresses, the right wardrobe, and the right schools, and she’s taken aback by the glamorous, sharp-elbowed mommies around her. She feels hazed and unwelcome until she begins to look at her new niche through the lens of her academic background in anthropology. As she analyzes the tribe’s mating and migration patterns, ... Read more
An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Primates of Park Avenue is an “amusing, perceptive and…deliciously evil” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the most secretive and elite tribe—Manhattan’s Upper East Side mothers.
When Wednesday Martin first arrives on New York City’s Upper East Side, she’s clueless about the right addresses, the right wardrobe, and the right schools, and she’s taken aback by the glamorous, sharp-elbowed mommies around her. She feels hazed and unwelcome until she begins to look at her new niche through the lens of her academic background in anthropology. As she analyzes the tribe’s mating and migration patterns, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781476762715
SKU
V9781476762715
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About Wednesday Martin
Wednesday Martin, PhD, has worked as writer and social researcher in New York City for more than two decades. The author of Stepmonster and Primates of Park Avenue, she has appeared on Today, CNN, NPR, NBC News, the BBC Newshour, and Fox News as an expert on step-parenting and parenting issues. She writes for the online edition of Psychology Today ... Read more
Reviews for Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir
"Think privileged NYC wives are another species? Martin goes undercover in this dishy memoir and reminds us that we all have something in common."
Glamour
"Amusing...incisive...a wryly entertaining guide to this rarefied subculture."
The Economist
"Any population is fair game for anthropological research, so why not the super-rich, super-thin, and oh-so-well-dressed mothers of New York's Upper ... Read more
Glamour
"Amusing...incisive...a wryly entertaining guide to this rarefied subculture."
The Economist
"Any population is fair game for anthropological research, so why not the super-rich, super-thin, and oh-so-well-dressed mothers of New York's Upper ... Read more