Molly Jong-Fast
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Molly Jong-Fast is an American
author
. She wrote about her wild life as a girl in 1990s New York
.
She is the daughter of Erica Jong
and Jonathan Fast
. She is the granddaughter of Howard Fast
. She is the author of a novel, Normal Girl, a memoir, Girl [Maladjusted], and The Social Climber's Handbook (published in 2011 by Random House
) .
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author
Author
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. She wrote about her wild life as a girl in 1990s New York
New York
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.
She is the daughter of Erica Jong
Erica Jong
Erica Jong is an American author and teacher best known for her fiction and poetry.-Career:A 1963 graduate of Barnard College, and with an M.A...
and Jonathan Fast
Jonathan Fast
Jonathan Fast is an American author and social work teacher.Fast was born in New York City. He attended Princeton University, and earned graduate degrees at Columbia University and Yeshiva University...
. She is the granddaughter of Howard Fast
Howard Fast
Howard Melvin Fast was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E. V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson.-Early life:Fast was born in New York City...
. She is the author of a novel, Normal Girl, a memoir, Girl [Maladjusted], and The Social Climber's Handbook (published in 2011 by Random House
Random House
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) .
Novels
- Normal Girl (2000)
- The Sex Doctors in the Basement: True Stories from a Semi-Celebrity Childhood (Hardcover Title) (2005)
- Girl [Maladjusted]: True Stories from a Semi-Celebrity Childhood (Paperback Title) (2006)
- The Social Climbers Handbook (2011)