Marjorie Morningstar

from Jacqklueh

Read this book as a very young teenager and fell in love with the story line.

from sandra.k.heinzman

I read this book in high school and liked it; 45 years later I loved it. I read half and listened to the second half and loved the narration. It is one of my all- time favorite books and I really like Herman Wouk's writing. It takes place mainly in the 1930's and then jumps to 1954. I recommend t...

from jayne_charles

Wouk doesn't just do good war novels. This is a very readable story about a young Jewish girl growing up in America, the trials and tribulations of finding a suitable bloke, and trying to become an actress. Lots of philosophical monologues from her on-off boyfriend who has verbal diarrhoea! I had...

from carolvanbrocklin

This was an OK book in spite of Noel and his diatribes that not only were excessively boring but also just didn't make sense most of the time. I enjoyed watching Marjorie as she "grew up" and while I agreed with her assessment of her life there in the end, it was interesting to read the last chap...

from juniperSun

Slow start. Good. Noted during my 1980's attempt to read every book in my small town library.