Who doesn't love New York? Whether you live there, visit the Big Apple or dream of going to NYC there is a special place in our hearts for New York City. Roz Chast knows that well hence the subtitle "A Love Letter to New York." And that it is as told in the inimitable style of the award winning author of "Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?' With her ever appealing drawing style and pinpoint observations she affectionately brings the city to smile provoking life.
A native of Brooklyn and dyed in the wool New Yorker Chast eventually (and probably reluctantly) moved to the suburbs where in time to come she would take her kids to visit the wonderful world of Manhattan. She would marvel at their responses to what had been everyday life for her and this book was born. Subways, museums (especially the Metropolitan Museum), ethnic restaurants, tall buildings, storefronts, all were now seen through her children's eyes.
Originally a small booklet created especially for her daughter before she left home for college in Manhattan ("so she wouldn't get off on the wrong foot"), that slender piece became "Going Into Town" so that all of us could enjoy her city. As Chast has said she wrote about New York, a place she loves, because "I want to tell you about it so that maybe you will love it too."
We do, Roz, we really do! Thank you for telling us about it.
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