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Esther Greenwood And The Execution Of The Rosenberg's
A college student from Massachusetts named Esther Greenwood, travels to New York to work on a magazine for a month as a guest editor. Esther and eleven other girls reside in a woman’s hotel while she is in New York. The sponsors of their trip constantly shower them with presents. Esther knows she should be having the time of her life, but she feels hopelessly depressed inside. The execution of the Rosenberg’s has her greatly troubled, and she often feels as if she cannot act as the other ladies staying at the hotel do. Her misfortunes involving relationships have led her to the point where Esther considers not getting married at all, and instead following her ambitions. Esther returns to the Boston suburbs and finds out that she has not
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