{"product_id":"the-intimate-ones-bonnie-golightly-9781965751190","title":"The Intimate Ones","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960 novel \u003cem\u003eThe Intimate Ones, \u003c\/em\u003eBonnie Golightly delves into the slowly unraveling lives of three young New York City grifters with biting humor, deep insight, and striking empathy, particularly for the societal cruelty toward young women. Golightly is an antecedent of such contemporary novelists as Ottessa Moshfegh and Halle Butler. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Intimate Ones \u003c\/em\u003econtains a rare profile of Bonnie Golightly based in part on an extensive interview conducted with her shortly before her death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBonnie Golightly (1919-1998) grew up in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and moved to New York's Greenwich Village in the 1950s, where she owned a used bookstore and lived among a group of artists and writers. Golightly published twenty books, including the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Wild One, Beat Girl, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Integration of Maybelle Brown; \u003c\/em\u003emovie novelizations, some under pseudonyms; and books about the paranormal and sexuality. She is famous for claiming, in a failed lawsuit, that Truman Capote based the character of Holly Golightly in \u003cem\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's \u003c\/em\u003eon her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bonnie Golightly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1965751199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781965751190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Giant Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.48d","brand":"Bonnie Golightly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447102451967,"sku":"9781965751190","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c4579d1-496e-4ea3-b7ef-977ea23120ad.jpg?v=1777228839","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-intimate-ones-bonnie-golightly-9781965751190","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}