Author: jamiattenberg

“A very good novel” (The New York Times): With her father on his deathbed, Alex travels to New Orleans in a final attempt to better understand the man and make sense of her complicated past. “Dazzling… A delectable family saga” (Publishers Weekly).

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. When the … When 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…