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Collier, Zena was born on January 21, 1926 in London. Came to the United States, 1946. Daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca Feldman.
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A Cooler Climate by Zena Collier (1999) Paperback
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A Cooler Climate
(When Iris, 45, divorces her wealthy physician husband of ...)
When Iris, 45, divorces her wealthy physician husband of many years to go off to a new life with the man she loves, she settles for a quick but inequitable divorce. When her lover then abandons her, she finds herself alone, desperate and without resources. Unprepared to earn her own living, she fails at one job after another and loses all confidence. Iris finally decides to use the one skill she acquired in her marriagehousekeeping. To the dismay of her friends and her daughter, she takes a job as housekeeper in the luxurious Maine summer home of Broadway lawyer Leo Tanner and his wife Paula. It soon becomes clear that Paula has no life of her ownher entire life revolves around her husband and their troubled daughter, Beth. It also grows clear that the role of Iris is more that of maid than housekeeper. Paula is cold and arrogant, and makes unreasonable demands, which Iris must cater to because she needs the job. Gradually Iris makes friends in the community, begins to regain confidence, and is determined to work her way through to independence. Paula suffers a crushing double blow when her daughter runs off with an unscrupulous young man and Leo demands a divorce. In anguish, Paula reaches out to Iris and they become tentative friends. But Iris fears she will lose her chance of independence if she stays with Paula. In taking steps to make a life of her own, Iris sets in motion a chain of unforeseen events for Paula.
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Zena Collier
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Teacher Writers Workshop, Adult Education, Rochester, New York, 1968-1978, WritersWorkshop, Nazareth College, Rochester, New York, 1984-1994. Guest lecturer Chautauqua Institute, 1991.
Career
Teacher Writers Workshop Adult Education, Rochester, New York, 1968-1978, Nazareth College, Rochester, 1984-1994. Guest lecturer Chautauqua Institute, 1991. Resident fellow MacDowell, Yaddo, Virginia Center Creative Arts.
Writer-in-residence Just Buffalo literature center, 1984, Niagara-Erie Writers, 1986, New York State, Southern Tier Library. System, 1985.
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A Cooler Climate
(When Iris, 45, divorces her wealthy physician husband of ...)
- A Cooler Climate by Zena Collier (1999) Paperback
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A Cooler Climate
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Member Authors Guild, Writers & Books, Poets & Writers Inc.
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Married Louis Shumsky, May 3, 1945 (divorced 1967). Married Thomas M. Hampson, December 30, 1969. Children: Jeffrey A. (deceased), Paul East.
