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Summer and the City - Candace Bushnell (2011)
Carrie Bradshaw is ready to take on New York and make it her own in this fun and frothy follow-up to The Carrie Diaries. While Carrie may be a fashion icon today, she wasn't always that way. When Carrie arrived in New York she was promptly mugged and had no choice but to ask her high school friend Donna's cousin Samantha for help. While Carrie is a virtual newbie to the New York scene, Samantha is someone who knows everything about the Big Apple and better yet, she knows everyone there is to know. As Carrie gets swept up in the glitz and glamour of the parties and people she meets, she finds herself dating an older, more fabulous man and writing plays while attending her first real writing course. But, can this country sparrow make it in the big city on her own? As Carrie soon learns, making it in New York isn't as easy as she first thought. New York will either accept you or spit you back out. Though the book starts off great, it slowly becomes more about Carrie and her obsession with losing her virginity, which turns the novel into something silly and frivolous. However, you have to give it to Carrie, because she has the tenacity and drive to actually make it in New York, even when it seems that she isn't good enough after all. (AS)
Summer and the City, Candace Bushnell's sequel to The Carrie Diaries (the prequel to the hit TV series Sex and the City), follows Carrie Bradshaw as she hits the bright lights of New York for the first time. The summary says: "Summer is a magical time in New York City and Carrie is in love with all of it - the crazy characters in her neighbourhood, the vintage clothing boutiques, the wild club scene, and the mysterious new guys who have entered her life. She's finally in a real writing class, taking her first steps towards fulfilling her dream. And then there's the fact that she gets to live in Samantha Jones' apartment. Carrie learns to navigate her way around the Big Apple, going from being a country "sparrow" as Samantha likes to call her, to the person she always wanted to be. But as Carrie continues to evolve, she knows she must balance this exciting new life and her writing aspirations with the big decision that awaits at the end of the summer." Summer and the City is out in April.