You’re Only Young Once

You’re Only Young Once is a novel written by Margaret Widdemer, first published in 1934. The story follows the life of a young woman named Vinnie, who is struggling to find her place in the world. Vinnie is a talented artist, but her conservative family disapproves of her pursuing a career in the arts. Instead, they pressure her to marry a wealthy man and settle down.Despite her family’s expectations, Vinnie moves to New York City to pursue her dream of becoming an artist. She meets a group of bohemian artists who encourage her to follow her passion, but also introduce her to a world of parties, alcohol, and romance. Vinnie finds herself torn between her desire for artistic success and her growing feelings for a charismatic musician named Tony.As Vinnie navigates the ups and downs of her new life in the city, she must also confront the realities of the Great Depression and the challenges facing young women in the 1930s. You’re Only Young Once is a coming-of-age story that explores themes of identity, love, and the pursuit of happiness.1918. American author, novelist, poet, Widdemer shared the 1919 Pulitzer Prize for poetry (the second ever awarded) with Carl Sandburg. The book begins: You might have thought, if you didn�������t know, that there was an afternoon tea-party going on, but it wasn�������t: it was merely all the Goldsborough girls in one room. There were five of them, ranging all the way from Angela, who was twenty-three and looked so much like a doll that by the law of contraries you could be almost sure she had a great deal of common sense, to Isabella, who was fifteen and had large eyes and brown curls and dimples and had to be kept down. In between came Deborah, who was tall and lissom and cream-and-gold, Janetta, who was straight and dark and Indian-handsome, and Annice, small and dark and quiet and so much like a Sir Walter Scott engraving, at sixteen, that her sisters made her life a burden about it. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.