Primates of Park Avenue : a memoir
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Author
Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Format
Book
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781476762623 (hc), 1476762627 (hc)
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm
Status
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Santa Maria Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 974.71 M383 | On Shelf |
Village Library - Adult Non-Fiction | BIO MARTIN, WEDNESDAY | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781476762623 (hc), 1476762627 (hc)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-246).
Description
"After marrying a man from the Upper East Side and moving to the neighborhood, Wednesday Martin struggled to fit in. Drawing on her background in anthropology and primatology, she tried looking at her new world through that lens, and suddenly things fell into place. She understood the other mothers snobbiness at school drop-off when she compared them to olive baboons. Her obsessional quest for a Hermes Birkin handbag made sense when she realized other females wielded them to establish dominance in their troop. And so she analyzed tribal migration patterns; display rituals; physical adornment, mutilation, and mating practices; extra-pair copulation; and more. Her conclusions are smart, thought-provoking, and hilariously unexpected."--Amazon.com.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Interpersonal relations -- New York (State) -- New York.
Martin, Wednesday.
Mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Primates -- Behavior -- Miscellanea.
Upper East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
Upper East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Martin, Wednesday.
Mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Primates -- Behavior -- Miscellanea.
Upper East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
Upper East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Martin, W. (2015). Primates of Park Avenue: a memoir (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Martin, Wednesday. 2015. Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Martin, Wednesday. Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir Simon & Schuster, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Martin, Wednesday. Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., Simon & Schuster, 2015.
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