I finished out the month of July at the hotel so Fritz could find a replacement for me and I could announce my departure and collect my tips. I identify the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper, the Five Sisters, Cassiopeia, and the North Star, hoping my erudition about the night sky will preclude getting romantic. The only question is: How cheaply can I buy out? What will I have to pay him to let me go? If a man can’t collect on his investments he must admit to being a fool. Not even a miracle is going to get me home free from a 20-dollar date, even ( especially) one I never wanted. I wish quickly on the first one, but I know it won’t work. Since it is night time, it’s almost impossible to admire the view instead we start admiring stars. She divides her time between New York City and Maine. Shulman is the author of three other novels, the award-winning memoir Drinking the Rain, two books on the anarchist Emma Goldman, and three children's books. The following is excerpted from Alix Kates Shulman's reissued novel, Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, originally published in 1972 and considered today to be a classic work of fiction, born of the women's liberation movement.
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