Book Signing for Instructional Book on Surviving in New York City
Pay-It-Forward concept tied to the book.
NEW YORK CITY, September 15, 2007 -- If a person is new to the City and finds it a challenge to understand the customs, language and how to keep more of his money in his pocket then How to Survive New York City for the Newcomer is the book of choice authored by Deborah Torbert, published by Mother’s House Publishing, Colorado. The first book signing will be at the Excelsior Athletic Club, 301 E. 57th at 2nd Avenue, 5th Floor Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Torbert came to New York City from the West Coast to find work after a struggle rebuilding a business was cut down when the World Trade Center was attacked. When people were leaving the City in fear, Torbert came looking for work. During the succeeding years, she met people dealing with the same issues and having the same questions she had when she first came to New York. After meeting with tourists and newcomers in delis, on subway platforms and in a restaurant-bar called Mimi’s on 52nd, she realized that she could pass along what she had learned faster if she wrote a book directed to these new people. That was the birth of her first book. She subtitled it, to Reduce Stress, Loss of Money and Culture Shock to bring her point home. She explained, “When I travel back to the West Coast I invariably meet people who cannot wait to leave the city, that it did not meet their expectations. I feel so bad knowing that they could have totally enjoyed their trip here and want to return had they known what I tell them in my book. New York City is a too great a place to be misundertood.”
Publisher Jackie Haag of Mother’s House said, “We only publish books that are unique and have a purpose. Torbert’s style is very friendly and enjoyable to read. You feel you are having a cup of coffee
with a friend while listening to information you need. It is refreshing.”
How to Survive New York City for the Newcomer
Torbert was very happy when the National Artists Foundation, Henderson, NV, offered to fund her mother’s scholarship. “I had told my mother I wanted to do something for the women in my family, and if I can help a student get an education in the arts, then I feel I have helped my mother and grandmother,” she explained and added, “I wanted to target one-parent students because my dad died when I was a baby, and I know how hard it can be.”
Recent events have stalled the NAF funding, so Torbert is seeking other solutions. Recently she decided to add a ‘Survival T-Shirt’ on her website (survivingnyc.net) to raise funds. Part of the proceeds from the book already are earmarked for the scholarship in a kind of pay-it-forward concept. She is seeking a local institute to help fund the scholarship.
At the moment the book and key chain are being presented to hotels, bookstores, luggage stores in town and New York, New York Casino in Las Vegas. Realtors are interested in using the key chain as carry-along advertising for their services. Torbert’s primary desire is to get the information in the book to the people who can use it the most: tourists, students and new residents. She welcomes any help toward that goal or with the scholarship and will review all emails sent via her website http://www.survivingnyc.net.
How to Survive New York City for the Newcomer is available through amazon.com, and it retails for $12.90. For more information, go to http://www.survivingnyc.net.
