{"product_id":"manhattan-melody-patricia-faith-polak-9781480853874","title":"Manhattan Melody","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatricia Faith Polak is an adventurous world traveler whose experiences have led her to appreciate the island she calls home, and now to poetically reflect on the beauty and cultural diversity of Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolak's varied verse not only explores the past as hot cocoa is sipped at Schraff's and a nickel's worth of macaroni and cheese is devoured at the Automat, but also reflects on present day as an indigo sky illuminates the city, the sun glows on the tree-shaded paving cobbles outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a park near the East River welcomes nannies, a grassy café in Greenwich Village lures guests, a chic gallery on the Lower East Side hosts an opening, and as a redhead looks expectantly toward a paper-capped soda jerk in an Edward Hopper painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManhattan Melody shares fifty contemporary reflections from an award-winning poet that share a fresh perspective on the beauty and diversity that surrounds a New York island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Faith Polak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1480853879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480853874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2018","brand":"Patricia Faith Polak","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48485324062975,"sku":"9781480853874","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b149c344-c791-49b5-bde9-87a0e6c3eccb.jpg?v=1778049144","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/manhattan-melody-patricia-faith-polak-9781480853874","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}