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 enlarge | Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Category: EBooks
List Price: $9.95
Buy New: $7.96
You Save: $1.99 (20%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 16926
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Dewey Decimal Number: 388.413214092
ASIN: B000VSW7TS
Publication Date: August 28, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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 Save Your Money November 26, 2007
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
I was intrigued by the title and thought this would be an enjoyable book to read - I was wrong. She doesn't care for her boring job so she quits and goes on unemployment until it runs out. She files a lawsuit against someone that hit her while SHE was jaywalking, and is driving a taxi to make a few bucks until she cashes in on the settlement. The stories are rambling and not very interesting. She seems extremely angry at everyone, including herself.
 This Is a Terrific Book! November 20, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This was a major discovery. Sharply written, keenly observed, often hilarious. A unique perspective on a great city by a fascinating young woman. For my money, one of the best books of 2007.
Grow UP!!!! November 14, 2007
2 out of 13 found this review helpful
This was a bad book about a woman who can't figure out what to do with her life. So she starts to drive a taxi and complains about everything and everybody under the sun. After that she still has no clue what to do with life. I guess if she got this book published, anything is possible for the rest of us!!!
 As a cab driver October 14, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
For the public the cab driver is just someone who is never there when you want them and blocking the traffic when you don't.
You sit in you cab and you are an observer on life. No one would ever believe what people tell to or say to a cabby.
The book is an admission of defeat but I feel she had a personal victory in her sights. Through it all the high points and the lows she was learning about mankind and humanity. a valuable lesson which she shared with you.I started my own blog after reading hers [...]
I wish her well in her new career, the lessons learned while driving a taxi help her and you dear readers in the future.
Well done! success in your next career.
Hail that Taxi Book! September 10, 2007
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Melissa Plaut's disjointed but riveting style of writing takes you by her side, in the moment, through her life on this job. I feel like I've learned so much about Melissa and about taxi driving in NYC. It's alternately adventuresome, sad, frustrating, anger-inducing and definitely eye-opening. I wish the book were longer and I hope she'll write a follow up. [...].
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