Meet bestselling author Candace Bushnell reading and signing her latest look at our favorite friends,
Summer and the City: A Carrie Diaries Novel
(Balzer + Bray, $18.99)
Tuesday, May 3, 6:30pm
Books & Books Coral Gables
Are you a Carrie, a Samantha or a Miranda? Take the quiz to find out – and then tell us when you arrive at Candace’s author event.
Summer is a magical time in New York City, and you get to explore NYC Carrie Bradshaw style! Carrie is in love with all of it—the crazy characters in her neighborhood, the vintage-clothing boutiques, the wild parties, and the glamorous man who has swept her off her feet. Best of all, she’s finally in a real writing class, taking her first steps toward fulfilling her dream.
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 realizes that making it in New York is much more complicated than she ever imagined.
With her signature wit and sparkling humor, 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.
About the author
Candace Bushnell is the critically acclaimed, international bestselling author of Sex and the City, The Carrie Diaries, One Fifth Avenue, Lipstick Jungle, Trading Up and Four Blondes. Sex and the City, published in 1996, was the basis for the HBO hit series and two subsequent blockbuster movies.
She began writing for the New York Observer in 1993; in November of 1994, she created the column “Sex and the City,” which ran in the New York Observer for two years. The column was bought as a book in 1995, and sold to HBO as a series in 1996. Candace Bushnell is currently at work on The Two Mrs. Stones, which will be in bookstores in April 2012.
In 2002, she married NYC Ballet Principal Dancer Charles Askegard. She currently resides in Manhattan.