Title: Kitchen Privileges
First published: 2002
Description: Lively memior of mystery author Mary Higgins Clark. She had been a secretary,  stewardess, copywriter,  radio writer, and bestselling author.  The book has a humorous touch even when discussing tragic events like her father's early death and her own widowhood. 

It is not a stretch to class this work with Russell Baker's memoirs. 

You do not need to be a fan of Higgins Clark's work to enjoy this volume.  I have never read a thing she has written, yet I finished this book in one sitting.
Subjects: Social life and customs, catholic upbringing, Depressions, American Novelists, Novelists, American, Intellectual life, Homes and haunts, Childhood and youth, Biography, New York Times reviewed, Homes, Manners and customs, Great Depression, 1929-1939, Authors, biography, Depressions, 1929, Bronx (new york, n.y.), New york (n.y.), biography, New york (n.y.), social life and customs
Places: N.Y.) Bronx (New York, United States, New York (State), New York, Bronx (New York, N.Y.), Cape Cod
People: Mary Higgins Clark
Time periods: 20th century, 1929-2003
LC classification: PS3553.L287 Z64 2002