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Journalist Sarah Protzman bought a one-way ticket to New York City in the winter of 2007 at age 24, with no job and no apartment waiting for her on the other end.

"Standing Room Only" is a two-year memoir about making a life for herself — punctuated by tales of work, love and new friendship.

Sarah continues to live and work in Manhattan. This is her first book. ... Read more

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The definitive memoir on moving to NYC!
In the dead of winter 2007, Sarah Protzman bought a one-way ticket from Colorado to New York City with no job and no apartment awaiting her on the other end -- only a couple grand that took me 18 months to save.

Two years later, the blog on which she detailed her experiences became a diary-style memoir, "Standing Room Only: Two Years in New York City." It's a young magazine journalist's story of hope, hilarity, men, success, failure, embarrassment and lots of missed subways. The roughly 100-page tome comprises select impressions, written as they happened, about the piecing together of a life from the ground up.

Sarah's encouraging story proves it's completely possible to make it here, no trust fund required. As it happens, being cash-poor and living in a kinda-crappy apartment is pretty dang fun. There is no simply substitute for that sense of accomplishment, even when you still can't afford Banana Republic. ... Read more