About this title: SEX IN THE CITY author Candace Bushnell aims for a slightly older audience and shifts her central focus from personal relationships to professional success with this juicy (and definitely still sexy) chronicle of the daily ups and downs of three ambitious women in their 40s balancing high-powered careers (in fashion, magazine publishing, and film) with messy love and family lives.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date Published: 09/2005
ISBN-13:9780786868193ISBN:0786868198
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 353 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date Published: 09/2005
ISBN-13:9780786868193ISBN:0786868198
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 353 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date Published: 09/2005
ISBN-13:9780786868193ISBN:0786868198
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 353 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date Published: 09/2005
ISBN-13:9780786868193ISBN:0786868198
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 353 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date Published: 09/2005
ISBN-13:9780786868193ISBN:0786868198
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 353 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date Published: 09/2005
ISBN-13:9780786868193ISBN:0786868198
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 353 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date Published: 09/2005
ISBN-13:9780786868193ISBN:0786868198
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 353 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date Published: 09/2005
ISBN-13:9780786868193ISBN:0786868198
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 353 p. read more
"It is pure unadulterated fluff. Very obviously by Candace Bushnell. Much like Sex in the City had girl power and sex right up together described (or shown) in equal detail so with Lipstick Jungle. The ladies work in high power (or climbing high) jobs, one in magazine publishing, one in movie production, and up and coming fashion designer. They help each other as they can because they are friends and they are friends because they can't threaten each other. Wendy the producer married a man who couldn't live up to her potential and jumped off the career path to take care of their kids, and in typical houseparent status feels left out and "not appreciated" Eventually leaving the spouse for the money without the faked love. He honestly screwed himself as he had lost his youth and his wife was very giving in the bedroom to make up for her MIA status as parent. He also can't find his soulmate unless she is a money bank as his tastes are very expensive. The publishing tyrant, Nico is cheating on her sensible shoes husband to give her the spring in her step so she can step into her chauvinist bosses shoes. She has the most power but her sexless marriage has left her wondering about what she really wants. After a year of sex she realizes that stability is better than an orgasm, as those are just moments of pleasure and not necessary for happiness. She finds she loves the stable and not needy husband she has. Victory the fashionista is the less well established character. This is her fall and rise story. It begins with fashion week where her spring line goes outside the normal game and puts her on the outs with the department stores. She goes soul searching and with back against the wall comes up with pants. Pants are the answer and she is back with such gusto she almost takes a brass ring of selling out her name for loads of money. When she breaks up with her billionaire boyfriend and busts up the deal in one month the climax occurs and she starts to understand her problems. Suddenly the movie is jumped ahead a few months and she is flying high with a new partner for the business and back in Business with her boyfriend. They all end happily every after no bad things occur Wendy makes a smash movie. Victory makes a mint on a hat and Nico pays off the boy-toy. Silly summer fluff, with a generous helping of sex."
"I really loved this book a fact that totally surprised me as I hate"Sex and the City"(the book).It appealed in that it was about a slightly older(not old)trio of fiends who are at a stage in their lives where they have more responsabilities than in many other"chick-lit"books.Yes,it all gleams with fabulous lifestyles that very few of us could ever hope to achieve,but,at the same time we see that they have basically all the same problems as us.In fact probably a few more as they can`t use the line"If only I/we could afford...."It`s a perfect light read to perk you up and I can guarantee it will remind you to catch up with a "Girls"night!"
"Characters: well, developed...the third person omniscient narration really enabled me to understand the motivations, desires, and emotions of each of the three main characters.
Setting: specifics, such as Nico's office, Wendy's loft, and Lynne's beach home were well developed, however the passage of time was sometimes confusing to me...I would read and think, "Now it seems as though six months has passed," but I wouldn't be totally aware and I would have to read several pages before realizing this inference to be true.
Conflict: very soap opera-ish...with this person cheating on this person and this person ambushing this business person to climb the ladder of success. I thought all of the characters were a bit self-absorbed.
Theme: I did enjoy the theme of successful women and the way the author played with traditional role reversal through the relationships of Nico and Seymour and Wendy and Shane, where the women were the breadmakers and the men stay at home dads.
On the whole, it was not a bad experience reading this novel, but it is also no where near my top ten books ever read."
"Candace Bushnell's novel, Lipstick Jungle, contained the right balance of realistic drama, humour, and romance that kept me drenched into each page. The drama was always intense and the imagery was so descriptive that I could identify and understand the strange relationships, affairs, and greed for power that developed the plot of this novel. Bushnell's vivacious element of humour was very sophisticated, and left me giggling through out the story.
Bushnell's novel had a natural humour that was subtle yet effective. It didn't have a cheesy touch to it that made it look like the author was trying to hard. The humour came naturally,witty, and overall very funny.
Lipstick Jungle dealt with the topic of superiority between man and woman. I felt that being a female, I could relate to this topic. When reading the novel there were moments that I understood how the character felt. I enjoyed how the novel broke the stereotypes of women being inferior to men, as each female character in the story had a high profile position, and even though each man doubted their success, all three female characters made it to the top showing that women are just as capable as men.
I was a bit disturbed by one section in the story where the diction was so descriptive it seemed inappropriate for such a mature topic, but the rest of the novel was still a fun and captivating read. I found that I highly enjoyed reading Lipstick Jungle because it's elements of diction and description were "movie like", so as I read the novel it was as though I was watching a movie. The authenticity of the drama in the novel was classic, but it wasn't predictable. I would recommend this novel to those who like humorous Hollywood dramas and are able to understand mature themes. Bushnell's choice of descriptive diction, intense conflicts, and captivating love stories created an atmosphere for this novel that was inescapable."
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