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“Hart has a genuine gift for conveying the texture of midcentury Manhattan…. [She makes] the dilemmas of her own young life both compelling and contemporary.”—USA Today “[A] glorious once upon a time fairytale come true….I loved every moment!”  —Adriana Trigiani, author of Very Valentine A memoir acclaimed as “reminiscent of The Best of Everything and Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (BookPage), Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart is the true story of two best friends experiencing the time of their lives in New York City during the summer of 1945. The Cleveland Plain Dealer raves, “Hart writes about that stylish summer with verve, recollecting with a touching purity a magical summer in Manhattan, seen through the eyes of two 21-year-olds, just as the end of World War II approached.



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Marjorie Hart

Marjorie Hart was born in Story City, Iowa, graduated from the University of Iowa and received a M.A from San Diego State University. She taught at DePauw University and the University of San Diego and retired Professor Emerita. As a cellist, she was a member of the San Diego Symphony. Her memoir, Summer at Tiffany, became a New York Times Bestseller.



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