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One Fifth Avenue
One Fifth Avenue | Candace Bushnell
From one of the most consistently astute and engaging social commentators of our day comes another look at the tough and tender women of New York City--this time, through the lens of where they live. One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering over one of Manhattan's oldest and most historically hip neighborhoods, is a one-of-a-kind address, the sort of building you have to earn your way into--one way or another. For the women in Candace Bushnell's new novel, One Fifth Avenue, this edifice is essential to the lives they've carefully established--or hope to establish. From the hedge fund king's wife to the aging gossip columnist 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. Acutely observed and mercilessly witty, One Fifth Avenue is a modern-day story of old and new money, that same combustible mix that Edith Wharton mastered in her novels about New York's Gilded Age and F. Scott Fitzgerald illuminated in his Jazz Age tales. 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 public eye. But Bushnell is an original, and One Fifth Avenue is so fresh that it reads as if sexual politics, real estate theft, and fortunes lost in a day have never happened before. From Sex and the City through four successive novels, Bushnell has revealed a gift for tapping into the zeitgeist of any New York minute and, as one critic put it, staying uncannily "just the slightest bit ahead of the curve." And with each book, she has deepened her range, but with a light touch that makes her complex literary accomplishments look easy. Her stories progress so nimbly and ring so true that it can seem as if anyone might write them--when, in fact, no one writes novels quite like Candace Bushnell. Fortunately for us, with One Fifth Avenue, she has done it again.
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marleed
One Fifth Avenue | Candace Bushnell
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Mehso-so

So this was like binging Bravo TV for a few hours. I was in the mood for a silly story and this ensemble cast fit the bill. Since I didn‘t find any of the characters endearing, I‘m hard pressed to give it a pick, but even so, it was kind of fun if you are in the right mood.

jewright I felt the same way about it. I wanted it to be better. 5y
marleed @jewright Yea, with just a bit of tweaking it could have been more fun. I kept wondering why there wasn‘t more of an effort for me to understand or care about Lola. 5y
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squirrelbrain
One Fifth Avenue | Candace Bushnell
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I don‘t remember this one much - kept it because it‘s NYC and I love the cover. Maybe due a re-read when I need a bit of fluffiness!

#avenuesandalleyways
#ayupaugust

*Tony Christie was born in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire in 1943*

Cathythoughts 👍🏻♥️ 5y
Cinfhen Great cover!! I love your NY shelf 5y
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BrightGreenInk
One Fifth Avenue | Candace Bushnell
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My city's gotten a lot of these little free libraries in the past couple of years. This one is my favorite because it's right next to the tattoo shop I go to
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#books #somanybooks #littlelibrary #freelibrary #littlefreelibrary #lemonade #roselemonade

MrBook Nice! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 (edited) 7y
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MrBook
One Fifth Avenue | Candace Bushnell
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#TBRtemptation post 3! Cool cover. One Fifth Avenue is an Art Deco beauty towering over Manhattan's hippest neighborhood--the sort of building you have to earn your way into. Its women residents are acutely observed with all of their up's and down's. There's the clawing ones, the star-crossed couple, the well-to-do's and even better to-do's. She did it with Sex and the City, and she does it again with this. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

Peddler410 The cover almost gets me 7y
DivineDiana I thought I had read this, and so I checked Goodreads. Sure enough, I had. Always enjoy a Manhattan romp! 7y
bobregina Awesome cover! 7y
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