| Any Place I Hang My Hat |  | Author: Susan Isaacs
Creator: Jane Adams
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
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Sales Rank: 458,130
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.3 x 1
ISBN: 0743538226
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780743538220
ASIN: 0743538226
Publication Date: October 5, 2004
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No matter which side of the nature/nurture debate you're on, Amy Lincoln's prospects do not look good. Her mother abandoned her when she was ten months old (just a couple of months after Amy's father went off to serve his first prison term), leaving her in the care of Grandma Lil, who shoplifts dinner on the way home from her job as a leg waxer to the rich and refined. When Amy is fourteen, she gets a scholarship to a New England boarding school -- her exposure to the moneyed class. After Harvard and the Columbia School of Journalism, Amy becomes a political reporter for the prestigious weekly In Depth. While covering a political fund-raiser, Amy meets a college student who claims to be the son of one of the presidential candidates. It's precisely the sort of story that In Depth wouldn't deign to cover, but the idea of tracking down a lost parent and demanding recognition intrigues Amy. As she begins a search of her own past as well as the candidate's, she discovers a new and unimpeachable grandmother and a mother who is much more than she bargained for. Most important, she finally comes to understand the stuff she's made of and finds the perfect place to hang her hat in the world. Bold, insightful, witty, and exhilarating, Any Place I Hang My Hat is a novel about one extraordinary young woman looking for a place to belong -- by one of the most compelling and beloved voices in contemporary fiction.
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 Good Easy Read August 14, 2010
A. Tumlinson (oklahoma)
This was a slow starter, but I became completely enamored with the tale. A very good story.
 Any Place I Hang my Hat by Susan Isaacs (2004, Hardcover) September 6, 2009
Raven's Nook (United States)
No matter which side of the nature/nurture debate you're on, Amy Lincoln's prospects do not look good. Her mother abandoned her when she was ten months old (just a couple of months after Amy's father went off to serve his first prison term), leaving her in the care of Grandma Lil, who shoplifts dinner on the way home from her job as a leg waxer to the rich and refined.
When Amy is fourteen, she gets a scholarship to a New England boarding school -- her exposure to the moneyed class. After Harvard and the Columbia School of Journalism, Amy becomes a political reporter for the prestigious weekly In Depth. While covering a political fund-raiser, Amy meets a college student who claims to be the son of one of the presidential candidates. It's precisely the sort of story that In Depth wouldn't deign to cover, but the idea of tracking down a lost parent and demanding recognition intrigues Amy. As she begins a search of her own past as well as the candidate's, she discovers a new and unimpeachable grandmother and a mother who is much more than she bargained for. Most important, she finally comes to understand the stuff she's made of and finds the perfect place to hang her hat in the world.
Another winner from Susan Isaacs May 22, 2009
Jody (Northwest Ohio)
Susan Isaacs' novels make me feel much more hip than I really am. For a little while after reading them, I feel like one of her heroines--smart, loyal and courageous--or at least like the heroine's best friend. I'm privy to the secrets of good taste, urban chic and the cool places to go. The feeling doesn't last very long, but it's great while it lasts and I'd keep reading Ms. Isaacs for that reason alone.
Amy Lincoln is a typically sassy Susan Isaacs heroine, the youngest-ever associate editor of a prestigious if boring political weekly. She got there by tenacity, intelligence and ability. She has a great Manhattan sublet, a great boyfriend, and great friends. What isn't great is that she suspects that it's all a fraud. About the time Amy and her boyfriend John agree to split up, she witnesses an incident in which a candidate for President is confronted by a young man claiming to be the candidate's illegitimate son. She befriends the young man, and is inspired to search for her own mother who vanished when Amy was very young. The search triggers some unexpected events, and Amy must face her fear and defensiveness when it comes to personal relationships. The story is not nearly as pop psychology as I've made it sound, and it's a great read.
Any Place I Hang My Hat is peopled with colorful characters; Amy's car-stealing gigolo father; her shop-lifting grandmother who waxed legs for a living, her Aunt Linda (the secret's a pinch of cumin, honey) and her best friend, the cake decorating Tatty. Amy does find her mother, and their confrontation is one of the great scenes in the book. Amy is fun, and it was a pleasure hanging out with her for a few hours. APIHMH doesn't have the happy ending you think it's going to, but it's much more satisfactory than the predictable one.
Eager to read more February 22, 2009
ash (Phoenix)
The modern 'chick lit' genre is one I usually avoid, so while I've heard of Isaacs, I never cared to read her books. But I'd heard good things about this one, and thought I'd try it. I am very glad I did. Yes, like most 'chick lit' it is girlish, dealing with issues like dating and work and juggling it all. But its also about how a woman discoveres who she is by discovering who her family was, and who shaped her, the family who bore her, or the family who raised her. Isaacs goes through the whole process of the search in the way one would expect a journalist like the narrator to do. The scenes where she meets her grandmother and later her mother were class acts; not mauldin, certainly not overyly sentimental or sentimental at all. These scenes were written with such realism that I decided I really must read more of this author's work. Not sure where to start, but it looks like I have some enjoyable reading ahead of me.
 Too mallow and boring book... You have permission to stop in the middle... January 13, 2009
Hanoch Raviv
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is my first book of the author Susan Isaacs and I got to read (actually listen to audio book) base on the recommendation of my wife. The book starts nice and interesting with the quest of Amy Lincoln to meet her mom, her relationship with her boyfriend John, her friend Teddi, and the Fiasco around Freddy Corrasco. This is how it starts, continues and ends with not much ups and down in between.
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