Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. Princess Of 72nd Street by Elaine Kraf is told from the perspective of a struggling artist in New York’s Upper East Side trying to make her way in the world while suffering from manic depression.
What We Say: “Following Ellen who lives between worlds – in one, she is a struggling artist in New York, and, during what she calls episodes of radiance, Ellen transforms into Queen Esmerelda – The Princess Of 72nd Street is reminiscent of a Jean Rhys novel, eloquently revealing a fantastical tale about suffering and female agency” — Jamie Styles
What They Say: “An electric portrait of one woman’s blazing unravelling. Kraf is one of literature’s hidden gems — that rare writer who refuses to let us look away from her bright, transcendent suffering. Her work demands a place on your bookshelf right next to Plath and Ditlevsen” — Sarah Rose Etter
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Jamie Styles is Editorial Assistant at Service95
