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Jun 9, 2024 · Magdalena Zyzak was born in Silesia, Poland. She received her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University. She is the author of the novel The Ballad of Barnabas Pierkiel, hailed as “a wickedly good debut” by the Los Angeles Times.
Jun 11, 2024 · Zyzak's wicked wit expresses a matter-of-fact acceptance of the world as it is, rife with cruelty and suffering, but also with kindness, love and a lot of laughs…Mark Twain, for one, would have thoroughly enjoyed the all-too-human misadventures she describes.”
Jun 28, 2024 · The Lady Waiting by Magdalena Zyzak. “The Lady Waiting” follows a 21-year-old Polish immigrant named Viva who wins the immigration lottery and moves to Los Angeles. After a failed attempt to settle in Chicago, she meets Bobby Sleeper, a wealthy Polish woman, and becomes her live-in personal assistant.
Jun 16, 2024 · See PEOPLE's picks for the best books of the month, including a moving memoir by Steve Guttenberg and new fiction from 'Crazy Rich Asians' author Kevin Kwan.
Jun 28, 2024 · The Lady Waiting by Magdalena Zyzak “The Lady Waiting” follows a 21-year-old Polish immigrant named Viva who wins the immigration lottery and moves to Los Angeles. After a failed attempt to settle in Chicago, she meets Bobby Sleeper, a wealthy Polish woman, and becomes her live-in personal assistant.
Jun 25, 2024 · May 8, 2024 • On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about taking a midlife crisis and unexpected adventures: The Lady Waiting, by Magdalena Zyzak, and All Fours, by ...
Jun 15, 2024 · ‘The Lady Waiting’ by Magdalena Zyzak “The Lady Waiting” is a darkly funny literary heist story just begging to be read by a body of water with a cocktail in hand.
