Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk : A Novel (CD-Audio)

from kimkimkim

I have been thinking about this book since I finished it and it keeps resonating. How clever - as we walk each neighborhood with Lillian Boxfish we come to understand each chapter of her life. So well thought out and so well written and so interesting to live inside this character's head and heart.

from wagner.sarah35

This short novel provides as marvelous picture of New York City, seen through the eyes of an elderly, but sharp Lillian Boxfish as she walks through the city on New Years Eve 1984, reflecting on her past. With witty prose, Lillian narrates her own story, telling of the time when she was the highe...

from richardderus

I have nothing important to add to the conversation about this book except to say that I loved Lillian enough to re-read this book (a thing I consciously avoid doing, too old to waste the eyeblinks when there are literally dozens of new books every week that I want to read). I am living the "anci...

from brenzi

I enjoyed this New Year's Eve walk in 1984 with Lillian Boxfish as she traveled one end of Manhattan to the other and along the way detailed many of the experiences of her very very full life. It's hard to believe all the people she interacted with in just one night. Her adventures as an advertis...

from msf59

It is New Year's Eve, 1984. Lillian Boxfish, 85 years old, usually spends this holiday eve, reading in her apartment, alone with her cat and then retiring early. On this night, she decides to walk across Manhattan, ten miles or so, to a favorite restaurant. This was the period when the subway vig...