Woman Said Yes: Encounters with Life and Death irish poverty when a not-so-virginal girl by

when a not-so-virginal girl by the name of Holly Golightly raised eyebrows across the nation

but in the living done in between

Doris Lessing's contemporary gothic horror story—centered on the birth of a baby who seems less than human—probes society's unwillingness to recognize its own brutality

As Budd Shulberg—author of the screenplay On the Waterfront—follows Sammy’s relentless upward progress

But at his mansion east of New York City

Woman Said Yes: Encounters with Life and Death irish poverty when a not-so-virginal girl byAuthor Contributor(s): West, Jessamyn Publisher: Mariner Books Date: 9 30 1986 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW In a memoir filled with compassion and deep resolve, West celebrates the lives of three women her strong Quaker mother, her beloved and courageous sister, and herself and gives personal insight into her own battle to survive tuberculosis.