Kirkus Review - “Our Verdict - Get It”
Foreward - Clarion Review - “A Vibrant Memoir”
Bookpleasures.com Review - C.O. Moed’s Tribute to Her Mother and New York
Bookpleasures.com Interview - A City, A Mother, A Story
Chrysalis BREW Seal of Excellence and Review
Voyages of Verse Book Award and Review
Spotlyts Book Award and Review
Firebird Book Awards, Judges’ Pick
Firebird Quirky Book Awards, Books That Feel Like a Work of Art
Literary Titan Gold Book Award in Nonfiction
Distinguished Favorite, LGBTQ Nonfiction, Independent Press Award
Finalist, LGBTQ+ Nonfiction, International Book Awards
Finalist, LGBTQ and WOMEN, International Author Awards
1st Place, Outstanding Creator Award for Grief and Coping / Trauma
Honorable Mention, Biography / Autobiography, London Book Festival
Bronze Medal, LGBTQ, Global Book Awards
Bronze Medal, Creative Nonfiction, Independent Publishers of New England
IT WAS HER NEW YORK asks questions,
both familiar and touching:
What the $%@! happened to my city
and
what the $%@! happened to my mom?!
A bewildering and abrupt decline leaves Florence suddenly refusing to leave her bed. Moed, reluctantly caring for her mother, uncovers stories of undying love, a hidden sixty-year lesbian affair, all the struggles of being old and gay, amid memories of a city disappearing into gentrification. Yet she does not go this alone. Fellow New Yorkers - the bus drivers, train conductors, fellow passengers, neighbors, cab drivers and co-workers – join her as she struggles to protect Florence, sharing their own lives, hopes and dreams.
What emerges from the many tales of emergency rooms, battered parks, taxi rides, subways and office cubicles, are humorous, gritty and universal stories about family, home and love, told with the indomitable moxie of those who claim New York as their own. At the end, Moed discovers the meaning of family and how the heart endures.
BOOKS AVAILABLE FROM
AMAZON, YU AND ME BOOKS (NYC), VILLAGE WORKS (NYC), BGSQD BOOKS (NYC),
HOUSING WORKS (NYC), BOOKS ARE MAGIC (BROOKLYN)
AND YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORES!
“The topics of growing old, love in the LGBTQ+ community, and the romance of the ever changing city of New York are hugely important to me, and I chose to showcase these topics in a combination that feels like a graphic memoir married with a novel,” said author C.O. Moed. “I hope this rare fusion will bring visibility not only to underrepresented communities—the elderly and, more specifically, queer elderly women—but will also highlight the men and women who keep our cities running. "
For more information, please contact Samantha Kolber at Rootstock Publishing
For readings, please contact C.O. Moed directly.
photo: Joni Wong
IT WAS OUR NEW YORK
A slide show of stories from
It Was Her New York
by C.O. Moed
and Pride Pictures
by Morgan Gwenwald
Presented at the Jeffereson Market Library during Pride Week 2024
