Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.

By Sam Wasson,

Book cover of Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman

Book description

"So smart and entertaining it should come with its own popcorn"-People

Coinciding with the sixtieth anniversary of the film version of Truman Capote's Breakast at Tiffany's, the acclaimed, New York Times bestseller that is the definitive account of Audrey Hepburn and the making of the cultural landmark film-now updated with…

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1 author picked Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book directly inspired my book about The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and because of that, my entire oeuvre afterward.

I remember seeing it at Barnes & Noble and buying it immediately, the subtitle calling to me. I read it and loved it, then analyzed Wasson’s every structural decision and research method to learn how to write my own such book.

This book itself is slight, gorgeous, riveting, and delicious. 

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