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by: Candace Bushnell See Larger Image Used Price: $2.45 Third Party New Price: $4.71 Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 Format: Bargain Price Label: Grove Press Manufacturer: Grove Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 245 Publication Date: 2001-07 Publisher: Grove Press Sales Rank: 786969 Studio: Grove Press Related Items: Trading Up Sex and the City Lipstick Jungle : A Novel Lipstick Jungle One Fifth Avenue see more Editorial Review: Product Description: FOUR BLONDES charts the romantic intrigues, liaisons, betrayals and victories of four modern women: a beautiful B-list model finagles rent-free summerhouses in the Hamptons from her lovers until she discovers she can get a man but can't get what she wants; a high-powered magazine columnist's floundering marriage to a literary journalist is thrown into crisis when her husband's career fails to live up to her expectations; a 'Cinderella' records her descent into paranoia in her journal as she realises she wants anybody's life except her own; an artist and aging 'It girl' - who fears that her time for finding a man has run out - travels to London in search of the kind of love and devotion she can't find in Manhattan...Studded with her trademark wit and stiletto-heel-sharp insight, FOUR BLONDES is dark, true, and compulsively readable. Amazon.com Review: Candace Bushnell made her reputation as the creator of the HBO special Sex and the City, based on her book of the same name (based in turn on her eros-intensive New York Observer column). In Four Blondes, she returns with a quartet of novellas on her favorite subject--the mating habits of wealthy sex-, status-, and media-obsessed New Yorkers. These are people for whom a million or two does not make one rich, and who consider Louis Vuitton and Prada bare necessities. Janey Wilcox, for example, is a former model who each summer chooses a house in the Hamptons--or, rather, picks up a wealthy man with a pricey rental. With one movie in her past, her 'lukewarm celebrity was established and she figured out pretty quickly that it could get her things and keep on getting them, as long as she maintained her standards.' Yet even Janey eventually realizes that what she's getting isn't exactly what she wants. Cecelia, on the other hand, has gotten the ultimate prize: a royal husband. Still, she finds herself descending into paranoia as the Manhattan media circus reports her every flaw. Then there's Winnie Diekes, a high-powered magazine columnist whose marriage flounders as she pushes her unambitious husband to write the book that will make him--and her--famous. Finally, in the most clearly autobiographical story, a writer gives up on the commitment-impaired men of New York and goes to London to find a husband. There she trolls for the typical Englishman--'a guy who had sex with his socks on, possessed a microscopic willy, and came in two minutes.' Bushnell is famous for this sort of sexual brashness, and the book is full of her sharp wit, both in and out of the boudoir. She also clearly enjoys her characters and their misadventures, with one exception: the politically correct Winnie, with her distaste for alcohol, night life, and casual sex, inspires an odd sort of authorial contempt. Otherwise, though, Bushnell's ironic takes on the sexual foibles of the rich and famous are mordant, mischievous fun. --Lesley Reed Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - The book came in GREAT condition! I enjoyed the book, yes I read it already, it was in great shape. I will definitely do business again! Rating: - 4 Blondes: Not Sex and the City 4 Blondes is written by Candance Bushnell, the creator of Sex and the City, but it's most certainly not the same. Sure, there are similarities, 4 ladies, very different personalities, but do not be fooled, it's just not as good as the original. The novel is broken up into 4 sections, each one dedicated to a different shade of blonde and the woman who the corresponding shade belongs to. When I think back and try to recall all 4 of the ladies names and their stories, I honestly cannot ... Read More Rating: - 4 Blondes I bought this book with every belief that it was going to be good (if not great) but I was sadly disappointed! These women need serious psychological help at the very least. The book goes absolutely no where with absolutely no plot. I hung in there and read it until the end but boy was I ever sorry I wasted my eyesite. Rating: - NOT A GREAT BOOK AT ALL What is the point of all the stories? The stories start out just fine but there is no sense to how it ends Not recommended Rating: - Read this book if you want to lose IQ points I took this book with me on my European vaca and there was no other item that wasted more space in my luggage, including my oversized polar fleece jacket that wasn't used because the weather cooperated. I will always read a book from cover to cover - to at least give it a chance. I did this for 4 Blondes and never once did I lose the sense of dissatisfaction and distaste. If you have a burning desire to have your intelligence diminished, or wish to be subjected to the sordid ... 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