Summer and the City Review


Summer and the City Review

Summer and the City Review

With her signature wit and sparkling humour, Candace Bushnell reveals the irresistible story of how Carrie met Samantha and Miranda, and what turned a small-town girl into one of New York City's most unforgettable icons, Carrie Bradshaw.

This sequel to The Carrie Diaries brings surprising revelations as Carrie learns to navigate her way around the Big Apple, going from being a country 'sparrow' - as Samantha Jones dubs her - to the person she always wanted to be. But as it becomes increasingly difficult to reconcile her past with her future, Carrie realises that making it in New York is much more complicated than she ever imagined.

Review: Summer and the City kicks off where the hilarious and captivating book, The Carrie Diaries left us hanging… with the introduction of Samantha Jones.

Summer and the City follows Carrie Bradshaw as she desperately tries to make it as a writer, in one summer, in New York City. As you read Summer and the City you see a change in Carrie Bradshaw from the young and confused girl seen in The Carrie Diaries. Samantha teaches Carrie vital New York lessons, the most important being - if you're no one you should always act as if you're someone.

Readers live through Carrie's experiences with eccentric characters, vintage inspiration, and new friends along with excitement, embarrassment and emotions that girls, worldwide, are all familiar with.

Summer and the City will surprise fans of the television series, Sex and the City as it develops characters that made it from Candace Bushnell's original Sex and the City novel to the screen.

Summer and the City is an entertaining and overall feel good book with an ultra cute pink hardback cover.
-Brooke Hunter

Candace Bushnell is the bestselling author of Sex and the City - the global phenomenon that began as a column in the New York Observer and went on to become a hit TV series, best-selling novel and a box office smash in 2008 with a sequel released in May 2010. Candace is married and currently lives in Manhattan.

The first book in the series, The Carrie Diaries is based on Candace's popular character Carrie Bradshaw and has been translated into 34 languages and has sold half a million copies worldwide.

Summer and the City
Harper Collins Australia
Author: Candace Bushnell
ISBN: 9780007426935
Price: $24.95

 

 

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