When Frank Sinatra and Alicia Keys said that if you could make it in New York, you could make it anywhere, they probably weren't talking about whatever suburb you used to make fun of. Because it's hard to "make it" without world-class museums and gourmet food trucks. In How to Leave, Erin Clune regales readers with priceless stories of her own experiences leaving New York for her hometown in Wisconsin, and provides a jocular but useful guide -- for anyone leaving, or thinking about leaving, their own personal mecca -- to finding contentment while staying true to yourself in a place far, far away from The City.
When Frank Sinatra and Alicia Keys said that if you could make it in New York, you could make it anywhere, they probably weren't talking about whatever suburb you used to make fun of. Because it's hard to "make it" without world-class museums and gourmet food trucks. In How to Leave, Erin Clune regales readers with priceless stories of her own experiences leaving New York for her hometown in Wisconsin, and provides a jocular but useful guide -- for anyone leaving, or thinking about leaving, their own personal mecca -- to finding contentment while staying true to yourself in a place far, far away from The City.
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