I had a happy tourist experience when I stopped into the American Book Center in Amsterdam yesterday and spotted Crossing the Borders of Time on the New Non-fiction display:
When I purchased and signed a copy to give to a Dutch friend, the bookseller, Tiemen Zwaan, realized I was the author, brought me a stack of copies to sign, and placed “signed copy” stickers on each. He told me the book was selling very well in their store. Great fun! The shop is a lovely one, at Spui 12.
Photo credit: Matt MendelsohnLeslie Maitland is a writer and former award-winning reporter and national correspondent for The New York Times who specialized in legal affairs and investigative reporting. After breaking stories on the FBI’s undercover “Abscam” inquiry into corruption in Congress, she moved to The New York Times Washington Bureau to cover the Justice Department. Among other projects since leaving The Times, she began extensive research for this nonfiction book, including five reporting trips to Europe, one to Cuba, and another to Canada. A graduate of the University of Chicago and the Harvard Divinity School, she has regularly appeared on the Diane Rehm Show on NPR to discuss literature. The mother of a son and daughter, Maitland lives in Bethesda, Maryland with her husband and a 12-pound Cockapoo named Thisbe. She has presented illustrated programs on Crossing the Borders of Time to audiences nationwide and connects with book clubs over Skype.
Not only am I loving your book(still reading it) but I find the references Inwood to be so interesting to me. I grew up there, on Post Ave and 204 St. I knew the Dyckman House so well ,Nash’s bakery and the entire area. One of my best friends lived next to the “house” and most likely your parents and family and I “rubbed ” shoulders along the way. Along with a deeper understanding of the peril of the Jews, reading about Inwood enlivens me as I reach 83. Having been to Mulhouse and Lyon brings it to life for me.
I hope I haven’t gone on too long, but THANKS for writing your love story.
Gloria Donoghue