PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Elizabeth L. Bradley is a historian who has written widely on New York's literature and history. She is the author of Knickerbocker: The Myth Behind New York (2009) and the editor of an edition of Washington Irving's A History of New York (2008). She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Newcomers will love Bradley s tips on finding true ethnic enclaves and the best resting (or trysting) spots in the city s museums, while locals will appreciate a remarkably insightful analysis of the changes in the city s collective psyche in the wake of 9/11. This brisk, illuminating, and highly entertaining book belongs on the bookshelf of every New York City admirer and isn t that simply everyone? --Sherill Tippins, author of Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York s Legendary Chelsea Hotel.
