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As a New Yorker, I throughly enjoyed all of the New York landmark references and I like the...
A childhood and family legacy defined by opera this book quickly data dumps readers into the...
I have to be honest, the cover and premise don't really appeal to me. It would be interesting to...
The way that this author writes seems so unlike others that I have read. New York has always been...
This reviewer grew up with the "Metropolitan Opera" on the radio every Saturday afternoon. The...
I can tell from the summary that Donna Florio is going to bring so much love into this book. I...
Wow, I'm hooked! Donna Florio's vivid personal story is inviting me to zoom in for a...
I am interested in the book I am a bit confused with the characters are they real or did she make...
I loved this peak at the book. The author is a great story teller and I easily got lost reading...
After falling in love with Greenwich Village while on a trip to New York City years ago, this...
My first impression of the author’s story is how richly colorful her life was growing up on the...
I don't pick up a lot of memoirs, but there was something that immediately swept me up reading...
Memoirs are not really my cup of tea when it comes to reading right now but this book does seem...
Just seeing a single sample chapter of 'Growing Up Bank Street' hooked me immediately. The...
I was really excited to read this first look because I too grew up in Greenwich Village and have...
One of the first things that captured my attention was the cover of Growing Up Bank Street; both...
This book is absolutely incredible, and I know that from just reading a tiny bit of it in the...
The cover is really pretty! I wouldn’t pick this up on a whim, but it having the setting of NYC...
This isn't my to go genre but I make exceptions sometimes and this book feels like one such gem....
Memoirs are my favorite genre, but I'm not sure if this one is for me. I like some of the scenes...
The chapter had me smiling from the first page. Then came the surprise of the range of emotions...
What a fascinating childhood the writer must have lived, and this’s is just one chapter. I...
Within the first few paragraphs, I was captivated by the narrator's world. However, what...
Growing up on Bank Street, a memoir. To be honest, although I love New York and I think this book...
I truly enjoy memoirs, but I had trouble connecting with author Donna Florio or her parents....
I have some trouble with memoirs that may be clouding my start to this one, but it didn't really...
The account of Ms Florio's childhood in Bank Street is as colorful and vivid as the plot of one...
I was excited to read the excerpt since I have lived in NYC for the past 5 years, but...
I absolutely love New York. I've been there twice, though my second trip there I got to explore...
this immediately had me feeling like i was reading a love letter to New York City - especially...
In Growing Up Bank Street, Donna Florio gives us a wonderful memoir of her life in New York City....
Even if I wasn’t born in New York and had no connection to it at all this is a book that would...
This one wasn't for me. I couldn't get past the first chapter and couldn't make myself more...
The setting for this story is very vivid, detailed and interesting. Learning about theater and...
I absolutely love the whole premise of this book and the cover is wonderful, I immediately felt...
I was instantly drawn in by the cover and synopsis – and quickly lost interest when I started...
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