Binnie Kirshenbaum [SEP] sex or gender
of a "distant, aloof, tough-talking, married woman who blithely breaks seven of the Ten Commandments in her search for innocence and a safe place to land," according to the Reading Group Guide to the book. Norman Mailer said about it that, "not many young female novelists can deal with sex, the appetite for it, and the loss of such appetite with as much candor, lack of self-protection, and humor as Binnie Kirshenbaum;” and the work was selected as a Barnes and
Kirschenbaum
Kirschenbaum is a German surname of Lutheran or Ashkenazic origin meaning "cherry tree", written "Kirschbaum" in modern German ("Kirschen" means "cherries"; "Baum" means "tree"). It is uncommon as a given name.
An orthographic variation of the name is Kirshenbaum.
People named Kirschenbaum or Kirshenbaum include:
- Alan Kirschenbaum, American television producer and writer
- Binnie Kirshenbaum, American novelist and short story writer
- Faina Kirschenbaum, Israeli politician
- Marc