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Before Carrie Bradshaw hit the big time in the City, she was a regular girl growing up in the suburbs of Connecticut. How did she turn into one of the most-read social observers of our generation?
The Carrie Diaries opens up in Carrie's senior year of high school. She and her best friends - Walt, Lali, Maggie, and the Mouse - are inseparable, amid the sea of Jens, Jocks and Jets. And then Sebastian Kydd comes into the picture. Sebastian is a bad boy - older, intriguing, and unpredictable. Carrie falls into the relationship that she was always supposed to have in high school - until a friend's betrayal makes her question everything. With her high school days coming to a close, Carrie will realize it's finally time to go after everything she ever wanted.
Rabid fans of Sex and the City will love seeing Carrie Bradshaw evolve from a regular girl into a sharp, insightful writer. They'll learn about her family background - how she found her writing voice, and the indelible impression her early friendships and relationships left on her. We'll see what brings Carrie to her beloved New York City, where the next Carrie Diaries book will take place.
"Yes, the sex, drugs and drinking will titillate, but Carrie's sharp observations of her peers and human relationships give the book smart, sassy intellectual power. Ages 14+." - Kirkus Reviews
"[T]here’s little that shouts, 'This is the Carrie Bradshaw you know and love,' ... But readers should enjoy witnessing Carrie’s burgeoning independence and confidence as a writer. Aged 14+" - Publishers Weekly
"The author is known for writing frivolous, adult chick-lit books and she does not stray from that style here. ... best suited to older teens looking for a diversion." - School Library Journal
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From Sex and the City through seven successive novels, Candace Bushnell has revealed a gift for tapping into the zeitgeist of any New York minute. With each book, she has deepened her range but with a light touch that makes her complex literary accomplishments look easy.
Bushnell (b. Dec. 1, 1958) grew up in Glastonbury, CT, and moved to New York City at age 19. She attended Rice University and New York University, and began her professional career at 19 when she wrote a children's book for Simon & Schuster. Throughout her twenties, Bushnell developed her trademark style as a freelancer, writing darkly humorous pieces about women, relationships and dating for Mademoiselle, Self Magazine, and Esquire. In 1990, she wrote a column that would become a precursor for Sex and the City, ...
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