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Suzy Zeus Gets Organized

Maggie Robbins

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

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"Suzy hails from Indiana, land of crops, of Fords and farms. Suzy lives in New York City, land of cops and car alarms. Suzy lives six blocks from Harry. Touch him and she'll break your arms."  
Heart-rending, hilarious, giddy, and compassionate, Maggie Robbins's novel in verse tracks a blundering bombshell as she risks all, ricocheting from man to man, place to place, through a haze of sensuality, spirituality, serendipity, and psychosis. In its own singsong rhythm-the "crazy beat" of Suzy's unforgettable life-Suzy Zeus Gets Organized chronicles a furious odyssey from Astoria to Astroland-by way of such pit stops as Berlin, the Big Easy, Buddhism, Barbie, and the Bible-that leaves Suzy, although in the same town, in a somewhat better state. Excerpted in Andrew Solomon's bestselling The Noonday Demon, this marvelously told story of a rowdy city girl bent on finding inner harmony will delight readers everywhere.
Available since: 12/04/2009.

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