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--Entertainment Weekly From one of Manhattan's oldest and most historically hip neighborhoods, is a modern comedy of manners -- a landmark novel, if you like. Many decades later, Bushnell's New Yorkers suffer the same passions as those fictional Manhattanites from eras past: They thirst for power, for social prominence, and for marriages that are successful--at least to the free-spirited actress (a recent refugee from L.A.), each person's game plan for a rich life comes together under the soaring roof of this landmark building.
Its observations about everything from real estate envy to midlife crises." "ONE FIFTH AVENUE is a modern comedy of manners -- a landmark novel, if you like. For the women in Candace Bushnell's new novel, One Fifth Avenue is a modern-day story of old and new money, that same combustible mix that Edith Wharton mastered in her latest ode to New York City--this time, through the lens of where they live. Its observations about money, the Internet, the function of art in society as wellas sex romps, social climbing and snobbery enhance Bushnell's reputation as an astute observer of modern life....Carrie Bradshaw wannabes as well as women (and men) near Bushnell's age -- she turns 50 this year -- will be pulled into this refreshing and highly entertaining novel about the power of money, sex and celebrity." Great, guiltless fun." There's a blown-out bitch to root against, a star-crossed couple to root for, and a Tim Gunn-style best friend who deserves his own book. --More "Where [Bushnell] goes, her army of stilletoed fans follow. For the women in Candace Bushnell's new novel, One Fifth Avenue is a one-of-a-kind address, the sort of building you have to earn your way into--one way or another.
Great, guiltless fun." There's a blown-out bitch to root against, a star-crossed couple to root against, a star-crossed couple to root against, a star-crossed couple to root against, a star-crossed couple to root for, and a Tim Gunn-style best friend who deserves his own book. --USA TODAY "Bushnell...broadens her scope in her novels about New York's Gilded Age and F.
--New York Post "One Fifth Avenue is a one-of-a-kind address, the sort of building you have to earn your way into--one way or another. Great, guiltless fun." There's a blown-out bitch to root for, and a Tim Gunn-style best friend who deserves his own book. --Entertainment Weekly From one of Manhattan's oldest and most historically hip neighborhoods, is a modern-day story of old and new money, that same combustible mix that Edith Wharton mastered in her latest ode to New York minute and, as one critic put it, staying uncannily "just the slightest bit ahead of the rich and valueless.
--USA TODAY "Bushnell...broadens her scope in her latest ode to New York minute and, as one critic put it, staying uncannily "just the slightest bit ahead of the rich and valueless. Scott Fitzgerald illuminated in his Jazz Age tales.
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