The Long-Winded Lady( Notes from the New Yorker)[LONG WINDED LADY][Paperback]

by MaeveBrennan

The Long-Winded Lady( Notes from the New Yorker) <> Paperback <> MaeveBrennan <> CounterpointLLC

Paperback

Published April 30, 2009

Reviews

[Linden Van Cantfort · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book that makes you want to be friends with the author, order a martini, and overthink the ordinary.

The Long-Winded Lady is witty, observant, and quietly delightful. Brennan writes with wit, precision, and a dry humor that elevates the ordinary. Rooms, conversations, social rituals, fleeting impressions. Nothing is too small to deserve attention.

The pleasure of this book is its intimacy. It feels companionable, intelligent, and gently funny. Prose that reminds you how much texture there is in everyday life, if you bother to look.

[Dominique Tetro · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked up this book due to a placard in front of it saying, “If you find yourself falling out of love with NYC, read this and fall back in.” (- Bekah at McNallys). And I - FEAR - Bekah nailed the memo. The author, wonderful Maeve, gives us a mid-century lens into life in the city and, shockingly, has even managed to make pigeons seem wonderful.

[Conrad · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a delight and so beautifully written by Brennan, whose descriptions are superb.

[William Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely, incisive prose that brings to startling life a vanished world.

[Penelope · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love these cozy old school vignettes about life in the city. Brassy broads are my spirit animals.