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Author:

Rips, Nicolaia,.

Title:

Trying to float : coming of age in the Chelsea Hotel / Nicolaia Rips.

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Scribner

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

256 p.

Subject:

Rips, Nicolaia--Childhood and youth.
Chelsea Hotel--Biography.
Teenage girls--New York--New York--Biography.
Coming of age--New York.--New York.
Bohemianism--New York.--New York.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
Eccentrics and eccentricities--New York.--New York.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.
Girls--New York--New York--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
New York (N.Y)--Biography.
New York (N.Y)--Social life and customs.

Contents:

Prologue -- Part One: THE FLEDGLING YEARS -- My First Trip -- Italy -- Preschool -- The Pool Party -- The Craftys -- Halloween -- My Steed -- Pippi -- Eyes -- Storm℗♭́Ư -- But Not the Fish -- A Leg Up -- A Crush -- Artie -- My Babysitters -- The Theater --Rebecca -- Winter Valley -- The Traitor -- My Friend Fan -- The Traitor Revealed -- Part Two: MIDDLE SCHOOL -- Friendship -- The Delicacy of Love -- Friendship and Chocolate -- Greta Returns -- Moving On -- King of the Night -- The Studio -- My Crowd -- The Schnoz -- Mom vs. Mama -- The Dance -- The Shaman -- Tic-Tac-Toke -- Summer Camp -- An Unexpected Journey -- My Interested Look -- Cinderella -- The Banana Peels of Optimism -- The Playing Fields of West Chelsea -- Mr. Crafty Moves Out -- At Last -- Author's Note.

Summary:

A precocious student at the LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts describes her experiences of trying to find a place for herself while growing up in New York City's legendary Chelsea Hotel at the sides of her eccentric, unconventional, and creative parents.

ISBN:

1501132989 : HRD
9781501132988 : HRD

LCCN:

2016014365

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