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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781597228046
Edition: Lrg
Format: Large Print
ISBN: 1597228044
Label: Gale Cengage
Manufacturer: Gale Cengage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 721
Publication Date: September 23, 2008
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Studio: Gale Cengage
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
"ONE FIFTH AVENUE is a modern comedy of manners -- a landmark novel, if you like. Its observations about money, the Internet, the function of art in society as wellas sex romps, social climbing and snobbery enhance Bushnell's reputation as an astute observer of modern life....Carrie Bradshaw wannabes as well as women (and men) near Bushnell's age -- she turns 50 this year -- will be pulled into this refreshing and highly entertaining novel about the power of money, sex and celebrity."
--USA TODAY
"Bushnell...broadens her scope in her latest ode to New York strivers and sophisticates...The fun lies in the author's acute observations about everything from real estate envy to midlife crises."
--More
"Where [Bushnell] goes, her army of stilletoed fans follow. You gotta love it: the conflict, the secrets-telling, the peek into the world of the rich and valueless. It all adds up to a juicy summer read."
--New York Post
"One Fifth Avenue is all things an escapist read she be: quick and wicked and wry. There's a blown-out bitch to root against, a star-crossed couple to root for, and a Tim Gunn-style best friend who deserves his own book. Great, guiltless fun."
--Entertainment Weekly
From one of the most consistently astute and engaging social commentators of our day comes another look at the tough and tender women of New York City--this time, through the lens of where they live.
One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering over one of Manhattan's oldest and most historically hip neighborhoods, is a one-of-a-kind address, the sort of building you have to earn your way into--one way or another. For the women in Candace Bushnell's new novel, One Fifth Avenue, this edifice is essential to the lives they've carefully established--or hope to establish. From the hedge fund king's wife to the aging gossip columnist to the free-spirited actress (a recent refugee from L.A.), each person's game plan for a rich life comes together under the soaring roof of this landmark building.
Acutely observed and mercilessly witty, One Fifth Avenue is a modern-day story of old and new money, that same combustible mix that Edith Wharton mastered in her novels about New York's Gilded Age and F. Scott Fitzgerald illuminated in his Jazz Age tales. Many decades later, Bushnell's New Yorkers suffer the same passions as those fictional Manhattanites from eras past: They thirst for power, for social prominence, and for marriages that are successful--at least to the public eye. But Bushnell is an original, and One Fifth Avenue is so fresh that it reads as if sexual politics, real estate theft, and fortunes lost in a day have never happened before.
From Sex and the City through four successive novels, Bushnell has revealed a gift for tapping into the zeitgeist of any New York minute and, as one critic put it, staying uncannily "just the slightest bit ahead of the curve." And with each book, she has deepened her range, but with a light touch that makes her complex literary accomplishments look easy. Her stories progress so nimbly and ring so true that it can seem as if anyone might write them--when, in fact, no one writes novels quite like Candace Bushnell. Fortunately for us, with One Fifth Avenue, she has done it again.
Rating:
- One never knows when their very own "million-dollar" lover will jet them away to Fifth Avenue for life's greatest indulgences
The pursuit of money and the extravagances it can buy, and what it is like to live when money is no object, is the fascinating social commentary written by one of New York's premier 21st-century novelists, Candace Bushnell. Those who possess old money and new money are striving for status, art, publicity and New York real estate.
The reader is seduced by New York City and the fantasy that if you can make it in the Big Apple, you can make it anywhere. Money, odd couple relationships and ... Read More
Rating:
- Bushnell brings characters to life
Bushnell does a fabulous job in bringing the characters in One Fifth to life. One Fifth is a fun, candy for the eyes read about the upper crust in Manhattan.
Rating: - One Fifth Avenue - don't expect Sex and the City
Do not expect One Fifth Avenue to be Sex and the City. It is more in the style of 740 Park or High Rise Low Down, except that it is in the fiction genre. There are many characters, but even the problems that I normally have in keeping characters separated weren't too difficult. , however I wish that they could have been more `fleshed out' in their motives and inner thoughts - most are only implied. It's an interesting read, but there are many other non fiction books out there on the same subject.. Life ... Read More
Rating: - Very well Done!!!
"One Fifth Avenue"m the latest novel by "Sex and the City"'s writer, Candace Bushnell is the first book I've read of hers. So I have nothing to compare it to nor did I go into it with any expectations, aside from hearing it was on the NY Best Sellers list. I think the reason she is on the best seller's list isn't so much about the story but for her writing. She is a very descriptive writer, and well, she has done a lot of writing now and seems like a truly good writer. The dialogue was great. There ... Read More
Rating: - Disappointing Ending...
Starts out kind of all over the place...too much plot, too many characters. A few chapters in, it gets really good and you're hooked. But when I read the last page of "One Fifth Avenue," I said to myself, "That's it?!?" I will admit that Bushnell does a good job with some twists and surprises and her characters are well thought out(Annalisa Rice is my favorite character), but I felt that in the end, more could have been done for each of the characters.
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One Fifth Avenue (Wheeler Large Print Book Series)
by: Candace Bushnell
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781597228046
Edition: Lrg
Format: Large Print
ISBN: 1597228044
Label: Gale Cengage
Manufacturer: Gale Cengage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 721
Publication Date: September 23, 2008
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Studio: Gale Cengage
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
"ONE FIFTH AVENUE is a modern comedy of manners -- a landmark novel, if you like. Its observations about money, the Internet, the function of art in society as wellas sex romps, social climbing and snobbery enhance Bushnell's reputation as an astute observer of modern life....Carrie Bradshaw wannabes as well as women (and men) near Bushnell's age -- she turns 50 this year -- will be pulled into this refreshing and highly entertaining novel about the power of money, sex and celebrity."
--USA TODAY
"Bushnell...broadens her scope in her latest ode to New York strivers and sophisticates...The fun lies in the author's acute observations about everything from real estate envy to midlife crises."
--More
"Where [Bushnell] goes, her army of stilletoed fans follow. You gotta love it: the conflict, the secrets-telling, the peek into the world of the rich and valueless. It all adds up to a juicy summer read."
--New York Post
"One Fifth Avenue is all things an escapist read she be: quick and wicked and wry. There's a blown-out bitch to root against, a star-crossed couple to root for, and a Tim Gunn-style best friend who deserves his own book. Great, guiltless fun."
--Entertainment Weekly
From one of the most consistently astute and engaging social commentators of our day comes another look at the tough and tender women of New York City--this time, through the lens of where they live.
One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering over one of Manhattan's oldest and most historically hip neighborhoods, is a one-of-a-kind address, the sort of building you have to earn your way into--one way or another. For the women in Candace Bushnell's new novel, One Fifth Avenue, this edifice is essential to the lives they've carefully established--or hope to establish. From the hedge fund king's wife to the aging gossip columnist to the free-spirited actress (a recent refugee from L.A.), each person's game plan for a rich life comes together under the soaring roof of this landmark building.
Acutely observed and mercilessly witty, One Fifth Avenue is a modern-day story of old and new money, that same combustible mix that Edith Wharton mastered in her novels about New York's Gilded Age and F. Scott Fitzgerald illuminated in his Jazz Age tales. Many decades later, Bushnell's New Yorkers suffer the same passions as those fictional Manhattanites from eras past: They thirst for power, for social prominence, and for marriages that are successful--at least to the public eye. But Bushnell is an original, and One Fifth Avenue is so fresh that it reads as if sexual politics, real estate theft, and fortunes lost in a day have never happened before.
From Sex and the City through four successive novels, Bushnell has revealed a gift for tapping into the zeitgeist of any New York minute and, as one critic put it, staying uncannily "just the slightest bit ahead of the curve." And with each book, she has deepened her range, but with a light touch that makes her complex literary accomplishments look easy. Her stories progress so nimbly and ring so true that it can seem as if anyone might write them--when, in fact, no one writes novels quite like Candace Bushnell. Fortunately for us, with One Fifth Avenue, she has done it again.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- One never knows when their very own "million-dollar" lover will jet them away to Fifth Avenue for life's greatest indulgencesThe pursuit of money and the extravagances it can buy, and what it is like to live when money is no object, is the fascinating social commentary written by one of New York's premier 21st-century novelists, Candace Bushnell. Those who possess old money and new money are striving for status, art, publicity and New York real estate.
The reader is seduced by New York City and the fantasy that if you can make it in the Big Apple, you can make it anywhere. Money, odd couple relationships and ... Read More
Rating:
- Bushnell brings characters to lifeBushnell does a fabulous job in bringing the characters in One Fifth to life. One Fifth is a fun, candy for the eyes read about the upper crust in Manhattan.
Rating:
- One Fifth Avenue - don't expect Sex and the CityDo not expect One Fifth Avenue to be Sex and the City. It is more in the style of 740 Park or High Rise Low Down, except that it is in the fiction genre. There are many characters, but even the problems that I normally have in keeping characters separated weren't too difficult. , however I wish that they could have been more `fleshed out' in their motives and inner thoughts - most are only implied. It's an interesting read, but there are many other non fiction books out there on the same subject.. Life ... Read More
Rating:
- Very well Done!!!"One Fifth Avenue"m the latest novel by "Sex and the City"'s writer, Candace Bushnell is the first book I've read of hers. So I have nothing to compare it to nor did I go into it with any expectations, aside from hearing it was on the NY Best Sellers list. I think the reason she is on the best seller's list isn't so much about the story but for her writing. She is a very descriptive writer, and well, she has done a lot of writing now and seems like a truly good writer. The dialogue was great. There ... Read More
Rating:
- Disappointing Ending...Starts out kind of all over the place...too much plot, too many characters. A few chapters in, it gets really good and you're hooked. But when I read the last page of "One Fifth Avenue," I said to myself, "That's it?!?" I will admit that Bushnell does a good job with some twists and surprises and her characters are well thought out(Annalisa Rice is my favorite character), but I felt that in the end, more could have been done for each of the characters.
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