PHYLLIS RAPHAEL

Off the King's Road:
Lost and Found in London
A Memoir

"Acutely observed detail, a tactile immediacy, a cool, appraising eye, and humor. Plus, Swinging London! Phyllis Raphael has bid her memory speak, and we can only listen. It is a pleasure to do so." 
                                     - David Rakoff, author of                                              Fraud

"Her decision to stay in London with her children is the first she's made for herself in a long time and a turning point in this fascinating book. Her weeding through London's poseurs and hypochondriacs to find a good man is laugh-aloud funny. She emerges a full-fledged single woman."                                                                           - The Los Angeles Times

"Tender, hilarious and utterly charming." 
                                     - Hilma Wolitzer, author of                                         An Available Man

"A sheer delight."           - Lynne Sharon Schwartz,                                            author of Two-Part                                                    Inventions

Phyllis Raphael is a journalist, essayist and novelist. Winner of a PEN award for short fiction, her stories and essays have appeared in The Village Voice, The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, Harper's and O: The Oprah Magazine, among others.


"A compelling work that captures an era . . . Raphael is a talented writer, and she captures her heightened awareness of post marital-split life with refreshing vigor."
                                   - VeryShortList.com

"At once a powerful coming-of-age memoir and a vivid study of London in the Swinging '60s."                                                  - Columbia Daily Spectator

"What a journey! Raphael cavorts with everyone from tripping poets to Marlon Brando."
                                   - Marie Claire
                                                                            "Stylish"                      - Publishers Weekly

"Immensely appealing" - Booklist           

"A delicious book - warm and witty - one that evokes the Swinging Sixties from a point of view rarely heard from."
                                    - Vivian Gornick, author of
                                       Fierce Attachments