New Yorkers: Short Stories [Oxford Bookworms]

In this book, we can share several feelings with some New Yorkers in really different surroundings. Each story shows their love, hope, and sometimes disappointment in daily lives in that big city. Though main characters are relatively familiar people, their stories look really fresh and special. We can keep reading this until the last sentences without getting bored, thanks to the wit and irony.
This book has five stories and they all have great senses enough that readers hurry toward the last page unconsciously. Also, it was interesting that I could read together several kinds of stories about different people in one book. After reading, I could draw a small picture of New York in my mind, combining those colorful pieces together.

I like the first story "the Christmas presents" of short stories in this book.A poor woman didn't have enough money to buy Christmas present for her boyfriend.So she sold her long hair.
This is a common love story.But it made me warm.I thought they really love each other.

I like the city,NEW YORK,because there are a lots of people from all over the world,and they are really interesting.Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, and some are looking for love.
This book gives us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers!
I like the story, “Christmas Presents”. I was moved by two young people's tender hearts.

I pick up "The Christmas Present".
Della has little money every day, she is poor woman.
She wants to buy a present for her husband, James.
So she has her hair cut and sells it.

I know this story and I like it.
This story is little stupid, but I think their love is real one.
I want to love someone like them.

This book is composition by 5 different short stories which happens on the people who live in New York.
The Christmas Presents is the story about a poor woman and her husband who loves each other very much wants to buy a good present for their lover, but they are too poor to buy an expensive present; so they have to sell their most valuable stuff to exchange the present they want to buy. At the end of story, even though they have a big misunderstanding, they still show their love.
Soapy is a tramp who just wants to be put into jail on winter time in the story of Soapy’s Choice. He did everything against the law in order to make police’s attention so that he could stay in a nice and warm prison for three months; but every time he show more failed. Then he saw a church and decide to be a new man, but a policeman show up and may be change his life``````
A Walk in Amnesia tell us how a lawyer who pretend he can’t remember anything and go for a short trip by himself. Everybody wants escape from busy life for a while sometimes.
From Tildy’s Moment, I saw that self-confident do really important for a person. We all beautiful in our way, so don’t lost hope of life.
The Memento. Miss Ray is a woman who works in the theatre and sells her hue for money. After two years, she got tired about the life like that, so she disappeared from the theatre, she wants to find a good guy to spend her life after all. But she comes back three months after, because she finds out that all the man in this word are same. show less

This story was very funny. My favorite story is first story. I think although theu are poor, they are happy, because there is true love between them.
Second story was funny, too. I feel although he is beggar, he become happy because he recovered his drive.
After I readed this book, I feel happy because I noticed that it is not involved how rich. What most important tning is satisfaction of own life.

This book has five short stories, so I'll tell you my favorite, "the Christmas presents".
There was one married couple, Jim and Della.
Next day was Christmas but they had no money to buy presents for each other.
So Jim and Della sold their precious things, what's that...?

I have ever read this story in Japanese because it's very famous story.
I like it very much!
Their presents full of love moved me every time when I read it.
I want more many people to read it!