Lillian’s colleague and rival Olive agrees that Lillian should be grateful with what the company is already paying her. Chester refuses, citing these men’s families as the reason they needed to make money. Macy’s, Chester, to be paid the same amount as her male coworkers. Soon after an article came out describing Lillian as the highest paid woman in American advertising, she asks her boss at R.H. Throughout the novel, the narrative shifts back and forth in time while staying in the present tense. Lillian thinks of the 1930s when she was the highest paid advertising woman in the United States. Lillian then dresses to eat New Year’s Eve dinner at her favorite Italian restaurant, although she fears she has spoiled her appetite by eating too many Oreos. Gian again asks his mother if she will move to Maine, but Lillian again refuses to leave her New York apartment. Gian and his children have just been to visit Lillian, but Gian tells her that his stepmother, Julia, has had a heart attack and is unlikely to survive. In her New York City apartment, Lillian talks to her son, Gian, who lives in Maine, on the phone. Lillian Boxfish reminisces about aunt Sadie, her childhood idol in New York City.The illustrated cards and poems Sadie sends Lillian are the inspiration for the smart and witty advertisements Lillian writes for R.H. The novel’s present is New Year's Eve, 1984. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Rooney.
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