When Helene became an apprentice playwright with New York’s prestigious Theatre Guild, she was high on the champagne of her hopes.
What did she care about living chiefly on coffee in meagre bedsits when she could always borrow her best friend’s best blouse for lunch with a producer, and was meeting awe-inspiring people? Brought back into print after several decades, this is a delightful account of her early days as a struggling writer on the edge of show business.



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