Synopses & Reviews
A food editor befriends a chicken in his Queens backyard. A ten-year-old child prodigy learns quantum physics. A thief in Rome steals 1,000 euros-from the bottom of an outdoor fountain. These are the stories that make us smile, wonder, and think. They are real-life stories about real-life people, all of which have appeared on the pages of
The New York Times.
A perfect primer on humanity, Tales from the Times will introduce new readers to people and places that captivate the mind. There are certain human- interest stories that people just can't stop talking about-twins separated at birth or a five-year-old taking his mother's car for a joyride. Now, in this wonderfully eclectic compilation of articles, readers will find many of the most talked about stories from The New York Times.
Synopsis
The fascinating, the inspiring, the hilarious. . . Human interest tales from
The New York TimeSynopsis
The fascinating, the inspiring, the hilarious. . . Human interest tales from The New York Time
About the Author
Editor
Lisa Belkin is a reporter for
The New York Times and author of that newspaper's "Life's Work" column. She is the author of
Life's Work: Confessions of an Unbalanced Mom,
First, Do No Harm, and
Show Me a Hero. Belkin lives with her family in Westchester County, New York.