Jill Clayburgh
Author
Series
Language
English
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2025 ARC: Middle Grade / Junior Fiction
Battle of the Books Grades 3-4
Junior Fiction Classics
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Battle of the Books Grades 3-4
Junior Fiction Classics
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Description
Having run away with her younger brother to live int he Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Description
In this romantic comedy, Burt Reynolds plays Phil Potter, a low-key, contented magazine writer who tries to put his life back together after his wife (Candice Bergen) opts for independence as a singer-songwriter. Jill Clayburgh, a wacky nursery school teacher, tries to help him surmount the emotional hurdles, but it's rough going in this delightful contemporary tale-- he's still hung up on his ex-wife. Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role...
12) Hustling
Author
Language
English
Description
Fran Morrison, an investigative reporter for a New York City magazine, starts working on an in-depth exposé uncovering the dangerous world of street prostitutes in the city and who really profits from the multi-million-dollar industry. She investigates how the prostitutes work, who their pimps are, and even who their clients are. As she learns more and more about that world, she discovers that many of the sex workers have powerful ties to the...