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Synopsis
Lynn is an ambitious young woman who loves her job in the gleaming new Manhattan skyscraper. Soon, Lynn also loves Tom, the young clerk down the hall. They are so in love that if they don’t get married, something improper is bound to happen. But her company has a strict new policy: Any woman who marries will be immediately fired.
First published in 1931 the same year the Empire State Building opened its doors Skyscraper marks the advent of a new kind of romance plot, and Lynn a new kind of heroine. Lynn is facing choices that will determine the course of the rest of her life, but rather than just choose between suitors, Lynn and other working girls like her must decide whether to abandon their careers or abandon their men. They can’t have both or can they?
Femmes Fatales restores to print the best of women’s writing in the classic pulp genres of the mid-20th century. From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens of pulp offer subversive perspectives on a turbulent era. Enjoy the series: Bedelia; Bunny Lake Is Missing; By Cecile; The G-String Murders; The Girls in 3-B; Laura; The Man Who Loved His Wife; Mother Finds a Body; Now, Voyager; Return to Lesbos; Skyscraper; Stranger on Lesbos; Stella Dallas; Women's Barracks.
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Faith Baldwin (1893-1978) was one of the most prolific mid-twentieth century authors of popular fiction. She published eighty-five books between 1921 and 1977, many of them focused on women juggling family and career, including White Collar Girl, Men Are Such Fools!, and An Apartment for Peggy, which was made into a Hollywood film in 1948.
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"A captivating and quietly subversive novel, featuring a spunky young working woman struggling to make it on her own. Skyscraper declares that despite all challenges, women should insist on their right to have it all." Ms. magazine
"With its sexual bargains and betrayals, insider trades and financial maneuvers, Skyscraper is pulp fiction at its best." Maria Dibattista, author of Fast-Talking Dames
"It's wonderful to see this lively and richly detailed romance back in print." Kay Mussell, author of North American Romance Writers
"A captivating and quietly subversive novel, featuring a spunky young working woman struggling to make it on her own. Skyscraper declares that despite all challenges, women should insist on their right to have it all." ―Ms. magazine
"With its sexual bargains and betrayals, insider trades and financial maneuvers, Skyscraper is pulp fiction at its best." ―Maria Dibattista, author of Fast-Talking Dames
"It's wonderful to see this lively and richly detailed romance back in print." ―Kay Mussell, author of North American Romance Writers
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- PublisherThe Feminist Press at CUNY
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1558614575
- ISBN 13 9781558614574
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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