“I drink my Chianti and watch the other diners, none of them alone the way I am. If a book really touches me, I take out pen and paper and hand write the most poignant passages. When I encounter an exceptionally good book, I tend to read a little slower, attempting to absorb every word. Oscillating between politeness and acerbic wit, vivaciousness and melancholy, Lillian will make you pause to think about the world and your place in it. Both in the recollections of her past, and the little moments in the present in which she encounters a character along her walk, she is quick-witted, astute, and perpetually undeterred. Later Lillian becomes a published poetess of some renown, and eventually a wife and mother pushed out of her career to attend to familial duties. At one time, in the youth of her career, she was the top-paid female in advertising, writing copy in charming verse for R.H. From the 1920’s to the 1980’s, Lillian recalls her life in vivid and poetic detail. As she walks the streets of New York, she is reminded of her past. Lillian chooses to walk a circuitous path, rather than the route of most expediency. It is New Year’s Eve in 1980’s New York, and Lillian Boxfish (also in her eighties) sets out to dine at her favorite neighborhood restaurant as she always does on this holiday. Ever become instantly besotted with a book? Irrevocably attached within the first few sentences? For me, Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk was such a book.
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