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Trying to Float: Chronicles of a Girl in the Chelsea Hotel
Nicolaia Rips
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'They were like balloons that had escaped a child's grasp - pointlessly floating."Focus!" I would plead with my mother. And my father was forever beingdiverted.'
Allow us to introduce you to the Rips family: Michael, Sheila anddaughter Nicolaia, the last denizens of New York's famous ChelseaHotel. Better yet, allow Nicolaia to introduce them, since it's herearnest, wry, occasionally wicked, but always affectionate observationsthat you'll find in her memoir, Trying to Float. Not only a coming-ofagestory set in an enigmatic New York landmark, this is also theclever love story of a family, navigating the curiosities of their home
'They were like balloons that had escaped a child's grasp - pointlessly floating."Focus!" I would plead with my mother. And my father was forever beingdiverted.'
Allow us to introduce you to the Rips family: Michael, Sheila anddaughter Nicolaia, the last denizens of New York's famous ChelseaHotel. Better yet, allow Nicolaia to introduce them, since it's herearnest, wry, occasionally wicked, but always affectionate observationsthat you'll find in her memoir, Trying to Float. Not only a coming-ofagestory set in an enigmatic New York landmark, this is also theclever love story of a family, navigating the curiosities of their home
Product Details
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781471156878
SKU
V9781471156878
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Nicolaia Rips
Nicolaia Rips is a freshman at Brown University (class of 2020). She has lived at the Chelsea Hotel for her entire life. In her spare time, she studies vocal music, participates in team sports, reads avidly, and tolerates her parents. Trying to Float is her first book.
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