Letty Fox: Her Luck
 The Australian-born author Christina Stead’s sixth novel Letty Fox: Her Luck is an energetic tribute to the drama of the urban environment and its role in socializing its occupants. Published in 1946 Stead wrote the lengthy Letty Fox after living in New York City for seven years. The cosmopolitan setting serves well as the theater in which Stead develops her characters through their adventures with numerous careers love affairs familial obligations and sensitivities to reputation.