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Vivian is a sheltered girl from a wealthy family who, after flunking out of college, goes to live with her eccentric, bohemian Aunt Peg in New York City. Peg runs a theatre company, and Vivian lives in the apartments above the theatre, along with an unusual cast of characters including a playwright, showgirls, Peg's estranged husband the movie star and writer Billy Buell, and Peg's stuffy business manager Olive. Vivian has a great time exploring the city and enjoying her youth, until a scandal lands her in hot water. And then World War II happens...
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Vivian is a sheltered girl from a wealthy family who, after flunking out of college, goes to live with her eccentric, bohemian Aunt Peg in New York City. Peg runs a theatre theater company, and Vivian lives in the apartments above the theatre, theater, along with an unusual cast of characters including a playwright, showgirls, Peg's estranged husband the movie star and writer Billy Buell, and Peg's stuffy business manager Olive. Vivian has a great time exploring the city and enjoying her youth, until a scandal lands her in hot water. And then World War II happens...happens ...
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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Vivian and Celia and the showgirls certainly seem to do a lot of this...
* MyGirlIsASlut: The showgirls tell Vivian she has to lose her virginity fast, otherwise men won't want to be with her if they think they're the first ones. Contrast that with...
* MyGirlIsASlut: The showgirls tell Vivian she has to lose her virginity fast, otherwise men won't want to be with her if they think they're the first ones. Contrast that with...
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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Vivian and Celia and the showgirls certainly seem to do a lot of this...
this ...
* MyGirlIsASlut: The showgirls tell Vivian she has to lose her virginity fast, otherwise men won't want to be with her if they think they're the first ones. Contrast thatwith...with ...
* MyGirlIsASlut: The showgirls tell Vivian she has to lose her virginity fast, otherwise men won't want to be with her if they think they're the first ones. Contrast that
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* PimpedOutDress: Vivian makes wedding dresses, so of course there are many of these. The costumes she makes for Peg's theatre troupe also often count.
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** Before that, she gets one from Edna Parker Watson, whose husband had sex with Vivian. Edna tells Vivian that she will never be an interesting woman unlike herself or Peg.
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** Before that, she gets one from Edna Parker Watson, whose husband had sex with Vivian. Edna tells Vivian that she will never be an interesting woman woman, unlike herself or Peg.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Poor, poor Frank. His PTSD manifests as a neurological disorder that makes him intensely claustrophobic, and extremely restless to the point that he needs to walk or move constantly. He became a beat cop simply so he could walk all the time.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Poor, poor Frank. His PTSD manifests as a neurological disorder that makes him intensely claustrophobic, and extremely restless to the point that he needs to walk or move constantly. He became a beat cop simply simply, so he could walk all the time.
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* TheSoCalledCoward: [[spoiler: Frank believes he is a coward, because he was blown into the water during the attack on his ship during the war, and that's how he survived. Doesn't help that his commander has also been spreading the story that the survivors who ended up in the water were deserters and jumped in of their own volition, which is a story to cover the commander's own incompetence.]]
* SurvivorsGuilt: Again...poor, poor Frank. [[spoiler: Most of the other members of his naval unit did not survive a kamikaze attack, and the fact that Frank did causes him great pain.]]
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* TheSoCalledCoward: [[spoiler: Frank believes he is a coward, because he was blown into the water during the attack on his ship during the war, and that's how he survived. Doesn't It doesn't help that his commander has also been spreading the story that the survivors who ended up in the water were deserters and jumped in of their own volition, which is a story to cover the commander's own incompetence.]]
* SurvivorsGuilt:Again...Again ... poor, poor Frank. [[spoiler: Most of the other members of his naval unit did not survive a kamikaze attack, and the fact that Frank did causes him great pain.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Boy howdy. [[spoiler: Vivian gets the ultimate one from her brother, as he is driving her home after her scandal forces her to leave New York.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Boy howdy. howdy.
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** Before that, she gets one from Edna Parker Watson, whose husband had sex with Vivian. Edna tells Vivian that she will never be an interesting woman unlike herself or Peg.
** [[spoiler: Vivian gets the ultimate one from her brother, as he is driving her home after her scandal forces her to leave New York.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Vivian gets two, first when [[spoiler: her brother Walt chews her out for disgracing the family by having a threesome and getting caught by the paparazzi]], and then when she's older [[spoiler: Peg gives her one when she walks away from Frank upon realizing he insulted her when they were younger. Then Olive takes a different tactic and appeals to Vivian's honor.]]
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City of Girls is a historical fiction novel by [[Literature/EatPrayLove Elizabeth Gilbert]], published in 2019.
Vivian is a sheltered girl from a wealthy family who, after flunking out of college, goes to live with her eccentric, bohemian Aunt Peg in New York City. Peg runs a theatre company, and Vivian lives in the apartments above the theatre, along with an unusual cast of characters including a playwright, showgirls, Peg's estranged husband the movie star and writer Billy Buell, and Peg's stuffy business manager Olive. Vivian has a great time exploring the city and enjoying her youth, until a scandal lands her in hot water. And then [[ItGetsWorse World War II happens...]]
Vivian is a sheltered girl from a wealthy family who, after flunking out of college, goes to live with her eccentric, bohemian Aunt Peg in New York City. Peg runs a theatre company, and Vivian lives in the apartments above the theatre, along with an unusual cast of characters including a playwright, showgirls, Peg's estranged husband the movie star and writer Billy Buell, and Peg's stuffy business manager Olive. Vivian has a great time exploring the city and enjoying her youth, until a scandal lands her in hot water. And then [[ItGetsWorse World War II happens...]]
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Vivian is a sheltered girl from a wealthy family who, after flunking out of college, goes to live with her eccentric, bohemian Aunt Peg in New York City. Peg runs a theatre company, and Vivian lives in the apartments above the theatre, along with an unusual cast of characters including a playwright, showgirls, Peg's estranged husband the movie star and writer Billy Buell, and Peg's stuffy business manager Olive. Vivian has a great time exploring the city and enjoying her youth, until a scandal lands her in hot water. And then
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* NaiveNewcomer: Vivian at first in New York. Not for long, however.
* PimpedOutDress: Vivian makes wedding dresses, so of course there are many of these.
** The costumes she makes for Peg's theatre troup also often count.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Celia Ray
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* DefiledForever: If anyone had found out that Vivian [[spoiler: had had a threesome with a showgirl and a movie star]], she would have been seen this way. Justified by the time period and her social class. It would literally have ruined her life.
* EthicalSlut: Vivian owns this later in her life.
* EthicalSlut: Vivian owns this later in her life.
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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Vivian and Celia.
* MyGirlIsNotASlut: When Vivian [[spoiler: has to move back home after her scandal, she reveals to a man she dates that she is not a virgin. He asks her if she was raped, and she implies by omission that she was. It's clear he would have rejected her if she had had sex of her own volition before.]]
* NaiveNewcomer: Vivian at first in New York. Not for long, however.
* MyGirlIsNotASlut: When Vivian [[spoiler: has to move back home after her scandal, she reveals to a man she dates that she is not a virgin. He asks her if she was raped, and she implies by omission that she was. It's clear he would have rejected her if she had had sex of her own volition before.]]
* NaiveNewcomer: Vivian at first in New York. Not for long, however.
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* SafetyInIndifference: Frank acts like this towards his daughter, fearing that his mental illness will affect her badly if he becomes too close to her.
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* TheSoCalledCoward: [[spoiler: Frank believes he is a coward, because he was blown into the water during the attack on his ship during the war, and that's how he survived. Doesn't help that his commander has also been spreading the story that the survivors who ended up in the water were deserters and jumped in of their own volition, which is a story to cover the commander's own incompetence.]]
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* SurvivorsGuilt: Again...poor, poor Frank.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Boy howdy. [[spoiler Vivian gets the ultimate one from her brother, as he is driving her home after her scandal forces her to leave New York.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: Vivian gets two, first when [[spoiler her brother Walt chews her out for disgracing the family by having a threesome and getting caught by the paparazzi]], and then when she's older [[spoiler Peg gives her one when she walks away from Frank upon realizing he insulted her when they were younger. Then Olive takes a different tactic and appeals to Vivian's honor.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: Vivian gets two, first when [[spoiler [[spoiler: her brother Walt chews her out for disgracing the family by having a threesome and getting caught by the paparazzi]], and then when she's older [[spoiler [[spoiler: Peg gives her one when she walks away from Frank upon realizing he insulted her when they were younger. Then Olive takes a different tactic and appeals to Vivian's honor.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Boy howdy. [[Spoiler: Vivian gets the ultimate one from her brother, as he is driving her home after her scandal forces her to leave New York.]]
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* GoodBadGirl: It's even quoted on the book's back cover: "You don't need to be a good girl to be a good person."
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* GoodBadGirl: It's even quoted on the book's back cover: "You don't need to be a good girl to be a good person.""
* PimpedOutDress: Vivian makes wedding dresses, so of course there are many of these.
** The costumes she makes for Peg's theatre troup also often count.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Celia Ray
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Boy howdy. [[Spoiler: Vivian gets the ultimate one from her brother, as he is driving her home after her scandal forces her to leave New York.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: Poor, poor Frank.
* WhatTheHellHero: Vivian gets two, first when [[Spoiler: her brother Walt chews her out for disgracing the family by having a threesome and getting caught by the paparazzi]], and then when she's older [[Spoiler: Peg gives her one when she walks away from Frank upon realizing he insulted her when they were younger. Then Olive takes a different tactic and appeals to Vivian's honor.]]
* PimpedOutDress: Vivian makes wedding dresses, so of course there are many of these.
** The costumes she makes for Peg's theatre troup also often count.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Celia Ray
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Boy howdy. [[Spoiler: Vivian gets the ultimate one from her brother, as he is driving her home after her scandal forces her to leave New York.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: Poor, poor Frank.
* WhatTheHellHero: Vivian gets two, first when [[Spoiler: her brother Walt chews her out for disgracing the family by having a threesome and getting caught by the paparazzi]], and then when she's older [[Spoiler: Peg gives her one when she walks away from Frank upon realizing he insulted her when they were younger. Then Olive takes a different tactic and appeals to Vivian's honor.]]
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City of Girls is a historical fiction novel by [[Literature/EatPrayLove Elizabeth Gilbert]], published in 2019.
Vivian is a sheltered girl from a wealthy family who, after flunking out of college, goes to live with her eccentric, bohemian Aunt Peg in New York City. Peg runs a theatre company, and Vivian lives in the apartments above the theatre, along with an unusual cast of characters including a playwright, showgirls, Peg's estranged husband the movie star and writer Billy Buell, and Peg's stuffy business manager Olive. Vivian has a great time exploring the city and enjoying her youth, until a scandal lands her in hot water. And then [[ItGetsWorse World War II happens...]]
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!!This book provides examples of:
*GoodBadGirl: It's even quoted on the book's back cover: "You don't need to be a good girl to be a good person."
Vivian is a sheltered girl from a wealthy family who, after flunking out of college, goes to live with her eccentric, bohemian Aunt Peg in New York City. Peg runs a theatre company, and Vivian lives in the apartments above the theatre, along with an unusual cast of characters including a playwright, showgirls, Peg's estranged husband the movie star and writer Billy Buell, and Peg's stuffy business manager Olive. Vivian has a great time exploring the city and enjoying her youth, until a scandal lands her in hot water. And then [[ItGetsWorse World War II happens...]]
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!!This book provides examples of:
*GoodBadGirl: It's even quoted on the book's back cover: "You don't need to be a good girl to be a good person."
