Memoir of Manhattan

About the Book

Whether you are a New Yorker or have ever visited New York, you will enjoy this memoir. It is a compilation of the author´s observations of how things were, growing up in Manhattan. Ms. Bryan takes you down memory lane during the Depression and Post-Depression years. The sharp contrast to life today is astonishing. Come along. Reminisce and learn how life was on the East Side (now, East Village); the Lower East Side; Greenwich Village; and, on the streets of bright lights that are forever Broadway.

About the Author

Ms. Bryan hails from Greenwich Village, New York City. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from New York University and did her post-graduate work in education at Post College and Hofstra University. For several years, she was an actor in off-Broadway productions, in summer theater on Long Island, and had her own acting company, THEATERAMA, for several years. Ms. Bryan taught English and was a drama coach for more than twenty years in New York. For the past twenty years, she has been a resident of Boca Raton, Florida and has written many editorials and articles for local newspapers and has lectured on film and theater. Her intense interest in historical events and how they mold the lives of people inspired her to write her first novel. SOLDIER OF GOD, a story based upon fact, was published in November 2001. JOURNEYS is her second book. She is currently working on a memoir of 20th Century New York City. She is a member of the Cassell network or Writers, Florida Free Lance Writers and the National League of American Pen Women.