The Three of U.S. by Joanna Coles
He's preoccupied by the lump on his elbow. She's trying to determine the accuracy of the DIY pregnancy-testing kit. In the summer of 1997, Joanna Coles and Peter Godwin set sail from Southampton for New York and a new life in America. As the quay side band played them off in the drizzle, they anticipated a life of glamorous parties, power brunches and weekend trips to the Bahamas. Coles had been posted to New York as the Guardian correspondent - but discovered that most New Yorkers mistake the paper for the in-house pamphlet published by La Guardia Airport. Peter Godwin decided to write a novel: a year later, it's largely unfinished. Veering from the frankly absurd to the simply bizarre, this book is the alternating diary entries of Coles and Godwin. It chronicles their lives in Manhattan, where they get used to living above the main transvestite drag in Greenwich Village and, after a false start, learn the shocking news that they are to become parents.
'sharp, true and funny' Evening Standard 'this witty [[[and rueful]]] chronicle is, unlike giving birth, nothing but fun' The Times 'a droll, delightful diary' She 'funny and moving' Marie Claire
Joanna Coles has been a staff correspondent for the Spectator, the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian. She presented BBC Radio 4's Medium Wave and also BBC TV's The Late Show. In September 1998 she began a twice weekly column from New York for The Times. Peter Godwin won the 1996 Esquire Waterstones Apple Award and the George Orwell Prize for his bestselling memoir Mukiwa, A White Boy in Africa. He was an award-winning correspondent for the Sunday Times and a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's From Our Own Correspondent. He now writes for, among others, National Geographic and Newsweek.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780002571029 |
| ISBN 10 | 0002571021 |
| Title | The Three of U.S. |
| Author | Joanna Coles |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1999-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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