It Was Her New York: True Stories & Snapshots - Paperback
by C. O. Moed (Author)
Booklife Editor's Pick
2024 Bronze Award, LGBT, Global Book Awards
2024 Bronze Award, LGBTQ, International Book Awards
2024 Gold Winner, Nonfiction, Literary Titan Book Award
2024 Judge's Pick, Firebird Book Award
1st Place, Outstanding Creator Award for Grief and Coping / Trauma
Honorable Mention, Biography / Autobiography, London Book Festival
Next Generation Indie Book Awards-Winner, Women's Literature
Firebird Quirky Book Awards, Books That Feel Like a Work of Art
Distinguished Favorite, LGBTQ Nonfiction, Independent Press Award
Finalist, LGBTQ and WOMEN, International Author Awards
Bronze Medal, Creative Nonfiction, Independent Publishers of New England
True stories and accidental snapshots about undying love, old lesbians, dementia, mothers & daughters, and a disappearing city.
In this engaging new collection of personal essays and full-color photographs, Moed tells true stories of caring for her mother Florence, a broke, Julliard-trained pianist who stumbles into dementia on the Lower East Side. This funny, poignant memoir asks questions both familiar and touching: "What happened to the neighborhood?" and "What happened to my mom?"
It Was Her New York is for anyone who has ever experienced the aging of a parent, the gentrification of a neighborhood, or the unexpected discovery of stifled love and hidden sexuality.