{"product_id":"saint-mazie-isbn-9781478903819","title":"Saint Mazie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in the Lower East Side during the Great Depression, this charming historical novel celebrates a movie theater owner's transformation into the defining voice of her neighborhood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44895056855269,"sku":"NP9781478903819","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/b56a252b-0abb-4e1f-9ad5-ab0200570850.jpg?v=1767872619","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/saint-mazie-isbn-9781478903819","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}