· Filed under Art, Culture, Fiction, Jean Zimmerman, Publishing, Savage Girl, Writers, Writing. Ma · pm The Larky Life [This post will be saved on the site under the Savage Girl tab.] Cross dressing permeates the world of. The premise of Jean Zimmerman's "Savage Girl" is gripping: What would happen if a wealthy couple with everything they could possibly imagine came across a so-called "feral child" in a tawdry Nevada sideshow and decides to bring her back to New York and convert her into a society belle?/5(). Debutante or demon? The title character of Zimmerman’s gripping historical novel seems to be a little bit of both. Discovered in a Nevada mining town by a wealthy couple determined to overcome the “savage” girl’s apparent feral upbringing, Bronwyn is introduced by them to Gilded Age Manhattan’s high society/5(64).
Filed under Art, Culture, Fiction, Jean Zimmerman, Publishing, Savage Girl, Writers, Writing. Ma · pm The Larky Life [This post will be saved on the site under the Savage Girl tab.] Cross dressing permeates the world of. In "Savage Girl," Jean Zimmerman turns to the Gilded Age for a sweeping narrative that raises touchy questions about what it means to be civilized. Savage Girl. Jean Zimmerman's new novel tells of the dramatic events that transpire when an alluring, blazingly smart eighteen-year-old girl named Bronwyn, reputedly raised by wolves in the wilds of Nevada, is adopted in by the Delegates, an outlandishly wealthy Manhattan couple, and taken back East to be civilized and introduced into.
Jean Zimmerman followed this tradition in her first novel, The Orphanmaster, a descent into the hellish criminal haunts of 17th-century New Amsterdam. In Savage Girl, this canny author puts all that aside and turns to the Gilded Age for a sweeping narrative, set within the cloistered ranks of high society in 19th-century Manhattan, that raises touchy questions about what it means to be civilized.”. Debutante or demon? The title character of Zimmerman’s gripping historical novel seems to be a little bit of both. Discovered in a Nevada mining town by a wealthy couple determined to overcome the “savage” girl’s apparent feral upbringing, Bronwyn is introduced by them to Gilded Age Manhattan’s high society. Posts about Savage Girl written by jeanzimmerman. I opened a new page on this site for Savage Girl yesterday for now you can click on the tab for a description of the book, but more will come so stay tuned.
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