''You Gotta Have Balls'' is a 2005 novel by Australian writer

Lily Brett Lily Brett (born Lilijahne Brajtsztajn 5 September 1946) is an Australian novelist, essayist and poet. She lived in North Carlton and then Elwood/Caulfield (suburbs of Melbourne) from 1948 to 1968, in London 1968–1971, Melbourne (1971–1989 ...

. Ruth Rothwax is a character that has appeared in Brett's novels ''

Just Like That Just Like That may refer to: * ''Just Like That'' (novel), a 1994 novel by Lily Brett *''Just Like That'', a 2021 novel by Gary D. Schmidt *"Just Like That", a catchphrase, a single, and a 1975 autobiography of comedian and magician Tommy Cooper, ...

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''. In this novel, Rothwax lives in

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and runs a successful letter-writing business. The story, although told from her point of view, mainly concerns her father, Edek. He moves to New York and, with Zofia and Walentyna, two

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

women who have won green cards, sets up a

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restaurant named ''You Gotta Have Balls'' that becomes a successful enterprise.

References

{{reflist 2005 American novels Novels by Lily Brett 2005 Australian novels Novels set in New York City