-Funny, poignant, sad and wistful...This is a very fine book--about a person, and a city, growing up.---Philadelphia Inquirer

-This delightful yet poignant memoir is highly recommended for both public and academic libraries.---Library Journal (starred review)

-The charming Hotel Kid is as luxurious as the lobby in a five-star hotel.---San Francisco Chronicle

A Manhattan landmark for fifty years, the Taft in its heyday in the 1930s and '40s was the largest hotel in midtown, famed for the big band in its basement restaurant and the view of Times...