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jessicaxmaria 's review for:
Manhattan, When I Was Young
by Mary Cantwell
When I first started reading this book, I thought it was going to be a real 'nice' and quaint look at the way people once lived in Manhattan. I'd relish in the romanticism for New York the way it was and the way it still is that way...
But like most people everywhere, reality isn't all shiny and happy and Mary Cantwell candidly describes the downs of her personal life in those years. I thought a lot of being a woman then and being a woman now -- and I'm still thinking about it days after finishing the book.
And New York, of course. I smiled a lot while I read this because I recognized some of her descriptions of the city as if I had remembered them myself.
But like most people everywhere, reality isn't all shiny and happy and Mary Cantwell candidly describes the downs of her personal life in those years. I thought a lot of being a woman then and being a woman now -- and I'm still thinking about it days after finishing the book.
And New York, of course. I smiled a lot while I read this because I recognized some of her descriptions of the city as if I had remembered them myself.