Trading Up
Published on 5. August 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-0-349-11494-1 (ISBN)
Description
When Janey Wilcox makes it big as a Victoria's Secret model, she finally gets the celebrity status she has always craved. Suddenly the car of her dreams is hers, and even better, so is that house in New York's exclusive Hamptons. No longer will she have to choose her boyfriends according to who has a house she can summer in.
At the most exclusive of Hampton parties, Janey finds herself mingling with Hollywood celebrities and the cream of New York society. But all this is secondary when she is charmed and captivated by a handsome, successful man, a man who quickly becomes her new beau. Janey, though, is not the type to live happily ever after, especially with her chequered past of far from good behaviour...
At the most exclusive of Hampton parties, Janey finds herself mingling with Hollywood celebrities and the cream of New York society. But all this is secondary when she is charmed and captivated by a handsome, successful man, a man who quickly becomes her new beau. Janey, though, is not the type to live happily ever after, especially with her chequered past of far from good behaviour...
Reviews / Votes
The pace never flags and the plot twists remain compelling. The pithy elegance of her writing and the faultless ear for barbed chit-chat reminded me of Dorothy Parker * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH * There is something that sticks in the memory after TRADING UP is closed. Bushnell is so good at conveying the clenched teeth behind the most brilliant smile * GUARDIAN * Hugely entertaining, and littered with the astute observations that have become the writer's trademark * INDEPENDENT * The pace never flags and the plot twists remain compelling. The pithy elegance of her writing and the faultless ear for barbed chit-chat reminded me of Dorothy Parker * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH * A dark, pitiless world lit up by Bushnell's razor-sharp wit. * INDEPENDENT * Hugely entertaining, and littered with the astute observations that have become the writer's trademark * INDEPENDENT *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
394 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-349-11494-1 (9780349114941)
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Person
Candace Bushnell is the creator of SEX AND THE CITY and has been described by the Evening Standard as a 'genius'. The Observer compared her to Nancy Mitford and the Sunday Telegraph to 'Jane Austen with a Martini.'