The rules do not apply : a memoir
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New York : Random House, 2017.
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Book
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First edition.
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9780812996937 :, 0812996933 :
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Published
New York : Random House, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
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xi, 207 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780812996937 :, 0812996933 :

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"A gorgeous, darkly humorous memoir for readers of Cheryl Strayed about a woman overcoming dramatic loss and finding reinvention, as well as a portrait of a generation used to assuming they're entitled to everything--based on this award-winning writer's New Yorker article 'Thanksgiving in Mongolia'"--,Provided by publisher.
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"In 2012, at age 38, when she left on a reporting trip to Mongolia, Ariel Levy thought she had figured it out: she was married, pregnant, successful on her own terms, financially secure. A month later, none of that was true. 'People have been telling me since I was a little girl that I was too fervent, too forceful, too much. I thought I had harnessed the power of my own strength and greed and love to a life that could contain it. But it has exploded.' In gorgeous, moving, humorous, sharp, and unforgettable prose, with pointillist portraits of a girl and then a young woman coming of age, Levy describes her own ill-fated assumptions: thinking that anything is possible, that the old rules do not apply; that marriage doesn't have to mean monogamy; that gender and sexuality are fluid; that aging doesn't have to mean infertility. This is a searing story, written with humor, brilliance, and insight, that is at once personal and universal--a story about realizing that life is so often beyond our control, and how we forge ahead despite that. In telling her own story, Levy has captured a portrait of our time, of the shifting forces in values, women and gender in American culture, of what has changed and what has remained"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Levy, A. (2017). The rules do not apply: a memoir (First edition.). Random House.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Levy, Ariel. 2017. The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir. Random House.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Levy, Ariel. The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir Random House, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Levy, Ariel. The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir First edition., Random House, 2017.

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