Two sensitive and funny portraits of young women determined to be
artists and coming of age in the late 1950s, M. B. Goffstein's novels
for young adults are available again--published together for the first
time in one volume.
Drawing from the author's own life experience, The Underside of the
Leaf and Daisy Summerfield's Style are both about the journeys of
girls from the Midwest, as they explore the boundaries of their lives
and talent. In each, New York City plays a powerful part particularly
the artistic and bohemian center, Greenwich Village.
Enjoyable simply as fiction, the setting of time period and place
creates an additional dimension. It is a view into the lives of young
women seeking to define themselves apart from men and family approval.
Suitable for middle-grade readers, adults will equally love these two
women's stories.
This is one of four volumes in the collected writing of M. B. Goffstein
series:
Words Alone: Twenty-Six Books Without Pictures,
Art Girls Together: Two Novels,
Daisy Summerfield's Art: The Complete Flea Market Mysteries, and
Biography of Miss Go Chi: Novelettos & Poems