--- product_id: 42260317 title: "Saint Mazie: A Novel" price: "135 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 6 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/42260317-saint-mazie-a-novel store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # Saint Mazie: A Novel **Price:** 135 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Saint Mazie: A Novel - **How much does it cost?** 135 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/42260317-saint-mazie-a-novel) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Saint Mazie: A Novel: 9781455599905: Attenberg, Jami: Books Review: Fun Story About Quintessential NYC Character - I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher (via NetGalley) in exchange for review on my blog. Based on a real person, Saint Mazie is the story of one of those quintessential New York characters who is famous just for being herself. She's a troublemaker in her youth, constantly yearning for adventure and spurning the notion of settling down, but she has a good heart. She's totally selfish in some ways and selfless in others. "Queen of the Bowery" would have been another good title for this one because that's what Mazie was. I loved that the story is told from the perspective of a documentarian doing research using Mazie's diary entries supplemented with present day interviews of people who knew her, their relatives, and historians familiar with that time period. The short snippets and frequent changes of perspective make this a quick read despite the fact that there isn't a ton of action. Saint Mazie is a fun story about an exotic woman living in an interesting time and would make a great beach read. Check out my blog, Sarah's Book Shelves, for more reviews. Review: Navigating a Changing World - Having been to New York recently, we visited the Tenement Museum. We found the story of the immigrants of the Lower Eastside quite fascinating. Being of the age to hear from my grandparents and parents about the Great Depression and watching movies of the wild days of the "flappers", I really wanted something to flesh out the entire period. In Saint Mazie, I found it all. I loved that it focused on one woman navigating her way through those years and how life changed for her as life changed about her. The book is organized in an unusual way with the voices of many contributing to the understanding of the story of just one person...Mazie. But through Mazie, we meet her damaged family, the lively men of her youth, the young nun, and the bums she tried to save. It starts with a roar and ends with a sigh. Loved this book! Loved Saint Mazie! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | 1455599905 | | Best Sellers Rank | #3,220,927 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #746 in Jewish Historical Fiction #1,415 in Jewish Literature & Fiction #39,963 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars (823) | | Dimensions | 5.25 x 1 x 8 inches | | Edition | Reprint | | ISBN-10 | 9781455599905 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1455599905 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 336 pages | | Publication date | June 14, 2016 | | Publisher | Grand Central Publishing | ## Images ![Saint Mazie: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710Gjv7ZJkL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fun Story About Quintessential NYC Character *by S***S on June 17, 2015* I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher (via NetGalley) in exchange for review on my blog. Based on a real person, Saint Mazie is the story of one of those quintessential New York characters who is famous just for being herself. She's a troublemaker in her youth, constantly yearning for adventure and spurning the notion of settling down, but she has a good heart. She's totally selfish in some ways and selfless in others. "Queen of the Bowery" would have been another good title for this one because that's what Mazie was. I loved that the story is told from the perspective of a documentarian doing research using Mazie's diary entries supplemented with present day interviews of people who knew her, their relatives, and historians familiar with that time period. The short snippets and frequent changes of perspective make this a quick read despite the fact that there isn't a ton of action. Saint Mazie is a fun story about an exotic woman living in an interesting time and would make a great beach read. Check out my blog, Sarah's Book Shelves, for more reviews. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Navigating a Changing World *by C***N on December 30, 2015* Having been to New York recently, we visited the Tenement Museum. We found the story of the immigrants of the Lower Eastside quite fascinating. Being of the age to hear from my grandparents and parents about the Great Depression and watching movies of the wild days of the "flappers", I really wanted something to flesh out the entire period. In Saint Mazie, I found it all. I loved that it focused on one woman navigating her way through those years and how life changed for her as life changed about her. The book is organized in an unusual way with the voices of many contributing to the understanding of the story of just one person...Mazie. But through Mazie, we meet her damaged family, the lively men of her youth, the young nun, and the bums she tried to save. It starts with a roar and ends with a sigh. Loved this book! Loved Saint Mazie! ### ⭐⭐⭐ Based on the real life "Queen of the Bowery" *by B***H on January 18, 2016* This novel by Jami Attenberg is based on Mazie Gordon who was the real life “Queen of the Bowery” in New York City in the first half of the twentieth century. She’s bold and brassy. She smokes and drinks and doesn’t care what anyone says about her (at least she pretends not to care). Her older sister, Rosie, rescued Mazie and Jeanie from their father, who was abusive, so Mazie and Jeanie are mostly raised by Rosie, who is distraught at her inability to have children of her own. It might be for the best because she’s not the most mentally stable character. When Jeanie runs off, Mazie is stuck trying to hold what’s left of their family together. It’s not easy, but Mazie doesn’t have anywhere else to go and she knows she can’t abandon her sister, so she stays and does what she can. She goes out drinking occasionally, but Rosie gets so upset when Mazie stays out late, that she doesn’t do it often. She does it much more early on in the book, as a teenager, than she does later. Rosie decides Mazie should work the ticket counter at the theater her husband, Louis Gordon, owns. Mazie refers to it as her cage for the rest of the book, but she also talks about everything she sees while in that cage. She meets a nun named Sister Tee and they become best friends (which is ironic, considering Mazie is a nonpracticing Jew). Sister Tee is the first one to get Mazie started on her philanthropic pursuits. Louis makes plenty of money through various businesses, many of which Mazie and Rosie know absolutely nothing about. It is assumed they are not entirely legal. In any case, Mazie is not exactly rich, but she’s not starving either. She has money to give away and when Sister Tee asks Mazie for money, Mazie can never turn her down. After Sister Tee and Louis die, Mazie finds herself with a very large pile of cash from Louis’s various “business partners”. She knows it’s dirty money and Rosie is throwing it away on gypsies who will con her out of everything she owns. After a few months, Mazie takes all the money Rosie hasn’t spent yet and sets up a donation for women and children who need shelter from abusive homes. The book starts around 1917, when Mazie is just ten years old. It covers Prohibition (when no one, including Mazie, gives up drinking) and the Great Depression, when Mazie runs the theater at a loss just so they don’t have to turn out their employees. She also uses it to give the “bums” with nowhere to go someplace warm to sleep for a few hours. The book ends when Mazie is only in her mid-thirties, but she’s been through so much she seems much older. At several points I had to stop and remind myself she was only about my age. I loved the way the book was written. The premise is this person has been given Mazie’s diary, and having read it, she’s conducting interviews on people who knew her and people who live in the area and know something about her so she can find out anything she can about Mazie. About half of the story is told in the form of Mazie’s diary entries. Interspersed between the diary entries are excerpts of interviews with those who knew her personally or grew up hearing stories about her. I loved Mazie, but I also loved the way the story managed to show a hint of what was going on with all these other people, even those who didn’t know Mazie. There’s a hint of something romantic going on between the man who found the diary, the person conducting the interviews, and a history teacher who’s being interviewed. Mazie’s life takes center stage, but everyone gets their shot at the limelight, including Mazie’s sister, Jeanie, who writes a couple of her own entries in Mazie’s diary. It’s a fascinating time in our country’s history and the book makes for a quick read. I was able to get through the first quarter of it in about two hours, even with two toddlers screaming nonstop in front of and behind me. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pl/products/42260317-saint-mazie-a-novel](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/42260317-saint-mazie-a-novel) --- *Product available on Desertcart Poland* *Store origin: PL* *Last updated: 2026-05-23*