Carol's Reviews > Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

The Hook - Overwhelming praise from my GoodReads friend Elyse sent me quickly to Netgalley to request the e-galley of Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk. You may read Elyse’s Review here.
I cannot thank the author, Kathleen Rooney or St. Martin’s Press enough for granting my early access to this book, which publishes January 17, 2017.

The Line - Per the publisher’s request no part of the text may be quoted until the book is published. Paraphrasing a sentence that gave me pause for thought is one that states that you surely will lose what you love most when you are not ready to give it up.

The Sinker - Eighty-five year Lillian Boxfish takes a walk and quite the walk it is. As 1984 gets ready to roll over to 1985, Lillian’s walk starts as a tour through familiar territory in her Manhattan neighborhood but quickly becomes something more as her steps take her on a journey of remembrance of career, life, love, family and friends. Kathleen Rooney has written a breath-taking novel that blends the prose and poetry of real life ad woman Margaret Fishback who worked for R.H. Macy’s with the spirited, elderly Boxfish. Beautifully rendered u> Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk is the perfect way to start the New Year out with hope.