Title: The Puttermesser papers /
Authors: Ozick, Cynthia.
Publisher: Alfred Knopf,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Jewish women New York (State) New York Fiction.; Women mayors New York (State) New York Fiction.; Jewish women Fiction; Women mayors Fiction.; New York (N.Y.) Fiction
Abstract: A rollicking extravaganza on Ruth Puttermesser, a woman lawyer who with the help of a genie becomes mayor of New York. Her real ambition, however, is to be a mother, but for that she has to wait until she is murdered and goes to heaven, where she meets the child's father. By the author of The Shawl.
Contents: Puttermesser : her work history, her ancestry, her afterlife -- Puttermesser and Xanthippe -- Puttermesser paired -- Puttermesser and the Muscovite cousin -- Puttermesser in Paradise.