Claire holds up her hands to show her nails. Don't they look awful! She cries. I so miss new york manicures. That's not all claire misses about her other life in the usa. For two years she has divided her life between her home town, manchester , in the north of england , and brooklyn ,new york . She has an art gallery-and a home - in both places she flies once a month , and spends about a month at a time in each.