How I Stopped Worrying and Started Driving a Yellow Cab

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

Melissa Plaut decided to become a New York City cabbie at the age of 29 after getting laid off from her job as an advertising copywriter. Hack recounts her two years behind the wheel and the many interesting people she met along the way.

Hack is available for purchase at amazon.com

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Events: Melissa Plaut will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, September 11 at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble
396 Avenue of the Americas (at 8th Street)

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