Trying to Float: Coming of age in New York's legendary Chelsea Hotel

Author(s): Nicolaia Rips

Biography

'Entertaining and refreshingly introspective' Times Literary Supplement "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 being diverted." Allow us to introduce you to the Rips family: Michael, Sheila and daughter Nicolaia, the last denizens of New York's famous Chelsea Hotel. Better yet, allow Nicolaia to introduce them since it's her earnest, wry, occasionally wicked, but always affectionate observations that you'll find in her memoir, Trying to Float. Not only a coming-of-age story set in an enigmatic New York landmark, this is also the clever love story of a family, navigating the curiosities of their home.


Product Information

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.

General Fields

  • : 9781471156885
  • : Simon & Schuster Ltd
  • : Simon & Schuster Ltd
  • : August 2017
  • : August 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Nicolaia Rips
  • : Paperback