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Lost In Manhattan - Moreen Littrell (2011)
After losing her job, having her car totalled by a drunk driver, and facing the end of her relationship, all in the same day, Eve decides there is no better time to move to New York City and focus on her acting career. Unfortunately the path to her new life is filled with a number of uncertain twists and turns, questionable places to stay, a couple of elderly male admirers, and the very Greek family of her ex-boyfriend. We follow Eve on a rollercoaster ride all over Manhattan as she finds a place to live, lands a decent job, and meets some fairly interesting characters along the way. Once I got over my initial anxiety of all of the miss-steps Eve has just getting from Los Angeles to New York City, I relaxed into the story and found it both charming and funny. Eve is completely fearless and treats her move as an adventure, which I found endearing. Although the end of the book felt a bit rushed, it did leave the door open for the possibility of more Eve in Manhattan. (LEK)
Stand-up comedian Moreen Littrell's debut novel Lost in Manhattan was inspired by her own baptism-by-fire arrival into the city aged 24. The synopsis says" "When 24-year-old Eve Foster's life turns upside down in less than 24 hours - leaving her with no job, car or place to live - she decides to move to New York. But, hours before she is to embark on a one-way flight to Manhattan, her boyfriend Pavlos suddenly doesn't recall insisting that she stay with him upon her arrival. Thus, Eve arrives Manhattan homeless. It's survival of the fittest as her attempts to reunite with Pavlos and make Manhattan her new home are fraught with upending yet hysterical encounters with the often unsavoury vanguard of the city."