Primates of Park Avenue : a memoir
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm
Status
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction
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Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography
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Morro Bay Library - Adult Nonfiction
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction | 974.71 M383 | On Shelf |
| Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography | 974.71 M383 | On Shelf |
| Morro Bay Library - Adult Nonfiction | 974.71 M383 | On Shelf |
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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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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Format
Book
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
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.
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