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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
challenging
funny
reflective
slow-paced
reflective
medium-paced
the bits i enjoyed, her talking with her friends, observing life from the streets of new york, i really enjoyed
the rest felt disjointed and a little overblown for my tastes
the rest felt disjointed and a little overblown for my tastes
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
funny
reflective
slow-paced
reflective
slow-paced
exactly: “Two hours later I am home, having dinner at my table, looking out at the city. My mind flashes on all who crossed my path today. I hear their voices, I see their gestures, I start filling in lives for them. Soon they are company, great company. I think to myself, I'd rather be here with you tonight than with anyone else I know. Well, almost anyone else I know. I look up at the great clock on my wall, the one that gives the date as well as the hour. It's time to call Leonard.”
I really enjoyed reading this collection of ultra-short essays (from a paragraph to a few pages) by and about the author and her relationship with New York City and her friends. Her writing captures extremely well a certain class of older woman of letters, living in (it seems) Midtown Manhattan, and her thoughts and attitudes. It also captures well some of her, shall we say imperfections, such as her liberal-but-condescending views on race, based on a lifetime of comfort with white supremacy.
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced