Candace Bushnell is the journalist and author who wrote the original column that inspired the Sex and the City series. She also wrote the novel Lipstick Jungle and several other books about the lives of women in New York City. Her stories focus on the social scenes, careers, and relationships of Manhattan residents.
Summer and the City
Summer and the City
Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Carrie Bradshaw moves to New York City for the summer before her freshman year at Brown, where she enrolls in a writing class and begins navigating romance, friendship, and ambition in Manhattan. Her adventures bring her into orbit with Samantha Jones, a bold fashionista who becomes one of her closest friends, and Miranda Hobbes, an opinionated law student. Set against the backdrop of 1980s New York, the novel follows Carrie's coming-of-age as she grapples with a whirlwind romance with an older man while discovering what it means to find her voice in the city.
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Characters
Carrie BradshawProtagonist
Samantha JonesSupporting
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Edition
Summer and the CityPaperback, Apr
446 pages
HarperCollins Children's BooksISBN: 97800073120925 editions available
