《卡丽日记》续集 — 《夏日都市》

    “Sex and the City” fans will not miss this book as Candace Bushnell has connected the dots between the Manhattan* girl’s childhood and her life in the big city.

    Whether you loved reading about Ms. Bradshaw’s small-town teenage life in “The Carrie Diaries” or you thought that one was better left for smaller children, this follow-up promises to be fun.

    It’s interesting to read about her friendship hurdles*, boy problems and crazy tales that are so typically Carrie. We not only learn about her transition* into big-city living and finding her way as a writer, but we also discover how she came to meet her future best girlfriends.

    Here’s what the author has to say.

    Q: Is Carrie’s story based on yourself?

    A: The column*, “Sex and the City,” was sold as a book after I’d written four or five columns. So the column became, in essence, the serialization of a book. The character of “Carrie Bradshaw” was my alter ego*, which I created because I didn’t want to write the entire column/book in first person.

    Q: What is your advice to young writers?

    A: I spent so much of my late teens and early 20s trying to figure out how to be a writer — although I was already published at 19. Spend less time thinking about it and more time doing it. Don’t write the review in your head before you’ve written the story.

    (SD-Agencies)