Sex and the City

Name: Sex and the City
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Candace Bushnell
ISBN: 9781549128059

Author: Candace Bushnell

Narrator: Lauren Fortgang

Unabridged: 7 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 07/16/2019

Categories: Fiction, Women, City Life, Urban, Nonfiction, Social Science, Sociology

Synopsis

From a bestselling novelist, this "cultural phenomenon" is a fascinating foray into the hearts, minds, and mating habits of modern-day New Yorkers and the inspiration behind the television series (Oprah).

Enter a world where the shocking and hilarious dating rituals of the privileged are exposed by a true insider. In essays drawn from her witty and sometimes brutally candid column in the New York Observer, Candace Bushnell introduces us to the young and beautiful who travel in packs from parties to bars to clubs–and forever changes the conversation about women, friendships, love, and sex.

Wildly funny, unexpectedly poignant, wickedly observant, Sex and the City blazes a glorious, drunken cocktail trail through Manhattan.

"Fascinating... hilarious... welcome to the cruel planet that is Manhattan." – Los Angeles Times

"Compulsively readable." – Marie Claire

"Jane Austen with a martini."– Sunday Telegraph

About Candace Bushnell

Candace Bushnell is the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Carrie Diaries, Sex and the City, Is There Still Sex in the City?, Lipstick Jungle, One Fifth Avenue, 4 Blondes, Trading Up, and Summer and the City, which have sold millions of copies. Sex and the City was the basis for the HBO hit shows and films, and its prequel, The Carrie Diaries, was the basis for the CW television show of the same name. Lipstick Jungle became a popular television show on NBC. Is There Still Sex in the City? is in development with Paramount Television. Candace lives in New York City and Sag Harbor. Visit her at www.candacebushnell.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Allison on May 08, 2008

Ouch, ouch, my soul. Please don't misunderstand. I like vanilla cupcakes top heavy with fluffy pink frosting as much as the next guy. That's why the show is a longstanding guilty pleasure of mine. The difference between the show and the book is that while acquisitive, status-obsessed party monsters w......more

Goodreads review by Peter on January 14, 2025

Let me start off by saying that I am a huge fan of the HBO series. So I was always curious about the original book, which was, I'm sorry to say, very disappointing. Sure there are similarities, ranging from characters, lines, and situations that were mirror images of the TV series, but the charm was......more

Goodreads review by Gavin on February 12, 2021

Check out my reading vlog for this book (including a SATC skit): [URL not allowed] Ah, I love the series and movies so much that this hurts. I went into reading this knowing this was going to be nothing like the show, but that still didn't stop this book from disappointing me. Not because......more

Goodreads review by Isa on August 08, 2014

I don't know what was more interesting: reading this book or reading the reviews for this book. They break into roughly two camps: - This book is bad because I picked it up expecting it to be exactly the same as the TV series which I am completely obsessed with beyond all reason - This book is bad bec......more

Goodreads review by Anelis on December 12, 2022

Didn’t hate it and actually am baffled as to why so many people did, especially so vehemently. Let me back up a bit. I have a lukewarm fascination with the show. It’s bubble-gum sweet and draws you in, but at the same time I always found it difficult to relate to such a glorification of capitalism, e......more