Secrets and Tales Colorfully Shared by a neighbor who kept notes over a lifetime
Donna Florio watched and listened, asked questions and took notes on the comings and goings of neighbors and those who frequented Bank Street over the decades, from childhood through the writer's middle age. These stories are fascinating tales of colorful figures, secretive double lives and naive young hopefuls, each pursuing life to its fullest in this small, but explosive area of Manhattan.
Bank Street is a unique, quiet, historic street, teeming with the energy of hopeful students, of lifelong working residents, of throngs of tourists prowling in search of a Beatles' residence or where Sid Vicious died, or the brownstone facades where TV series like Sex and The City were filmed.
Skillfully told, the reader dances from one episode of life to another, reveling in the titillating details of lives well-lived! I have been waiting for this book for years and will undoubtedly give many as gifts to family and friends! I hope Donna is writing a sequel as there are many more stories to tell!
Bank Street is a unique, quiet, historic street, teeming with the energy of hopeful students, of lifelong working residents, of throngs of tourists prowling in search of a Beatles' residence or where Sid Vicious died, or the brownstone facades where TV series like Sex and The City were filmed.
Skillfully told, the reader dances from one episode of life to another, reveling in the titillating details of lives well-lived! I have been waiting for this book for years and will undoubtedly give many as gifts to family and friends! I hope Donna is writing a sequel as there are many more stories to tell!