{"product_id":"saint-mazie-9781455599905","title":"Saint Mazie","description":"Meet Mazie Phillips: big-hearted and bawdy, she's the truth-telling proprietress of The Venice, the famed New York City movie theater. It's the Jazz Age, with romance and booze aplenty--even when Prohibition kicks in--and Mazie never turns down a night on the town. But her high spirits mask a childhood rooted in poverty, and her diary, always close at hand, holds her dearest secrets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the Great Depression hits, Mazie's life is on the brink of transformation. Addicts and bums roam the Bowery; homelessness is rampant. If Mazie won't help them, then who? When she opens the doors of The Venice to those in need, this ticket taking, fun-time girl becomes the beating heart of the Lower East Side, and in defining one neighborhood helps define the city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen, more than ninety years after Mazie began her diary, it's discovered by a documentarian in search of a good story. Who was Mazie Phillips, really? A chorus of voices from the past and present fill in some of the mysterious blanks of her adventurous life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by the life of a woman who was profiled in Joseph Mitchell's classic \u003ci\u003eUp in the Old Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaint Mazie\u003c\/i\u003e is infused with Jami Attenberg's signature wit, bravery, and heart. Mazie's rise to \"sainthood\"--and her irrepressible spirit--is unforgettable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJami Attenberg\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a story collection, \u003ci\u003eInstant Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and four novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Kept Man, The Melting Season\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Middlesteins\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eSaint Mazie\u003c\/i\u003e. She has contributed essays and criticism to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Real Simple, Elle, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337482801426,"sku":"9781455599905","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9dcc9e9c-3396-40d8-a998-d0d1e7b52ed6.jpg?v=1727964773","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/saint-mazie-9781455599905","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}