A coming- of-age story, set in the New York that "mattered," a glamorous bygone world of society, culture, intelligentsia, talent, wealth, and privilege, "Girl Intrepid" is a memoir of one indomitable young woman's quest to achieve her lifelong dream, a privilege that was not easily allowed women in the 1960s, that of becoming an architect.
" Reads almost like an update of Edith Wharton’s novel House of Mirth about the shadow side of New York high society during the Edwardian era. Armstrong’s vivid account of growing up in that world – and then growing away from it as an adult — serves as a sobering reminder that wealth doesn’t solve (and perhaps complicates) the nagging human need to forge one’s own identity. Armstrong’s torturous journey toward this goal makes for fascinating reading." - Lisa Alther, Kinflicks and Blood Feud: The Hatfields and the McCoys
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