The Princess Of 72nd Street

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