Background
Carter, Betsy L. was born on June 9, 1945 in New York City. Daughter of Rudy and Gerda Cohn.
(Sometimes to be who you really are, you have to pretend y...)
Sometimes to be who you really are, you have to pretend you’re already who you want to be. At two, Delores’s mother dropped her into the shallow end of a lake, trusting instinct would teach her daughter to swim. From then on, the water is where Delores Walker feels most at home. Now, nearly seventeen, she’s boarding a Greyhound bus leaving the Bronx for sunny Weeki Wachee Springs, a tacky roadside attraction in the shadow of Walt Disney’s new Florida phenomenon. With a hundred silver dollars left behind by her runaway dad, Delores is chasing her dream of being a mermaid with a group of other aquatic hopefuls—girls just as awkward and uncertain out of water as they are beautiful and graceful in it. And in this make-believe world of sequined tails and amphibious fantasy, Delores will learn some very real lessons about growing up and surviving in a world where everyone sometimes feels like a fish out of water. A heartfelt novel of coming-of-age no matter what age you are, populated with characters offbeat, outcast, and thoroughly lovable, Swim to Me is filled with the kind of wise magic that’ll have you believing in the impossible before the final page.
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(Successful and smart, Betsy Carter was not only the ultim...)
Successful and smart, Betsy Carter was not only the ultimate New York Woman, she was also founder of a magazine by that name. For nearly 20 years she led a life that others only dream oftravel, power, fashion, partiesuntil things started to go terribly wrong. Carter faced a series of catastrophes: a devastating car accident, a failed marriage, a house that burned down. Then her magazine folded, and she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Somehow, though, through sheer perseverance, optimism, and a keen sense of the absurd, Betsy Carter kept going, and lived to tell about it.
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( Carbondale, Illinois. 1958. For widowed Tessie Lockhart,...)
Carbondale, Illinois. 1958. For widowed Tessie Lockhart, booking two seats on a passenger train to Florida symbolizes a fresh start, far from her memories of love and loss. For Tessie’s teenage daughter Dinah, who misses her father terribly, the move to Gainesville means a new school and the painful ordeal of making new friends. Rich, popular Crystal Landy is one of the first girls Dinah meets—and it will be Crystal, along with her exquisite mother, Victoria, who will transform the Lockharts’ lives in ways they never could have imagined. For as war and change come to this small southern town, the bonds between mothers and daughters will be tested, friendships sealed, secrets revealed, and relationships forever altered by the turbulence of the coming decades. Wise, moving, and warmly funny, The Orange Blossom Special, spans twenty years in the lives of an unforgettable cast of characters. Betsy Carter has crafted a powerful, richly rewarding novel about growing up, moving on, and turning strangers into friends.
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Carter, Betsy L. was born on June 9, 1945 in New York City. Daughter of Rudy and Gerda Cohn.
Bachelor, University of Michigan, 1967.
Editorial assistant, McGraw Hill, 1967-1968; editor company magazine, American Security and Trust Company, 1968-1969; editorial assistant, Atlantic Monthly, 1969-1970; researcher, Newsweek, New York City, 1971-1973; assistant editor, Newsweek, New York City, 1973-1975; associate editor, Newsweek, New York City, 1975-1980; senior editor, Esquire Magazine, New York City, 1980-1981; executive editor, Esquire Magazine, New York City, 1981-1982; senior executive editor, Esquire Magazine, New York City, 1982-1983; editorial director, Esquire Magazine, New York City, 1983-1985; creator, editor-in-chief, New York Woman, New York City, 1986; now editor-in-chief, New Woman magazine, New York City. Freelance contributor to Atlantic, Washington Post, Family Weekly, Glamour, Food and Wine.
(Successful and smart, Betsy Carter was not only the ultim...)
(Sometimes to be who you really are, you have to pretend y...)
( Carbondale, Illinois. 1958. For widowed Tessie Lockhart,...)
Board of directors National Alliance of Breast Cancer Orgns. Member American Society Magazine Editors (Executive Committee 1988-1991, vice president since 1997).
Married Gary Hoenig.