Set in 1988, Mabel Hackenbush is between gigs, her baritone ukulele smashed, and her car in the shop, she is bravely temp secretarying her way to a kinder, gentler, not to mention, solvent life until she can get back to work as a jazz standards singer.
Set in 1988, Mabel Hackenbush is between gigs, her baritone ukulele smashed, and her car in the shop, she is bravely temp secretarying her way to a kinder, gentler, not to mention, solvent life until she can get back to work as a jazz standards singer.
A delightful, fast-paced romp through money – and the lack of it – and ignorant men who need to be put in their place. And Hackenbush does it with style.
Ms. Mayerson’s writing is contemporary, offbeat and engaging. I’ve never listened to jazz but my interest has been sparked. Mable Hackenbush is my new hero!
Linda Robinson
Hackenbush is smart, savvy, sexy and sensible. She can carefully skim ‘along the safer part of the truth,’ and knows it’s ‘never good to owe anybody too much.’ Mayerson’s book chronicles a life like any other, without the falling down, whiny, “why me” frailties wedged in to move a typical plot along. Dr. Hackenbush can carry a tune and a novel, thank you very much, and I’m glad to know her.
Product Details
BN ID: 2940012599124
Publisher: Wapshott Press
Publication date: 3/1/2010
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB
Meet the Author
Ginger Mayerson used to write music. Now she writes novels.
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Set in 1988, Mabel Hackenbush is between gigs, her baritone ukulele smashed, and her car in the shop, she is bravely temp secretarying her way to a kinder, gentler, not to mention, solvent life until she can get back to work as a jazz standards singer.