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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
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Enjoyable and interesting, even if you’re not a huge fan of any of the artists who passed through 7 Middagh Street. An insightful look at life in Brooklyn just before the US entered WWII and at creative community.
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SO fascinating! What a cast of brilliant people, what a wild time in recent history, and what good writing!
Okay, first of all, how could I never have heard about this house with all of these people living in it? And the fact that my Mom was living in Brooklyn at the same time (before she married my Dad). So, that was enough to get me to read it, thinking it would just be a gossipy tell all book. Well, it sort of is that, because the author went through the letters and diaries and biographies and autobiographies of the people who lived or visited #7 Middagh Avenue, so it's almost a day to day accounting of what went on (I love that in the Benjamin Britten archives, there's a weekly bill created by W.H. Auden for his share of the house expenses). But more importantly, there is a lot of talk about the creative process that these authors and composers were going through - it makes me want read all of their books and listen to all of their music again. Fascinating read. Oh, and how did I find it? I was looking for a copy of Gypsy Rose Lee's murder mystery "The G-String Murders" (which I'll be getting from the library soon) and the library thought I might be interested in this book - they were right.
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Interesting subject matter; slightly dry execution. I would have liked to have hung out with Gypsy Rose Lee, though.
Super interesting for musicians, would make a great gift. Its not the best in terms of writing, a little waffly and I wonder how accurate a lot of the detail is. That being said it was very enjoyable and interesting
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