This special collection gathers Candace Bushnell's most compelling fiction in one volume. Readers enter the glittering yet ruthless world of Manhattan's social elite, where ambitious women navigate love, career, and friendship amid designer boutiques and exclusive parties. The stories follow characters who chase success in publishing, fashion, and media while struggling with romantic disappointments and professional betrayals. These women face the gap between their dreams of glamorous city life and the harsh realities of competition, loneliness, and compromise. Bushnell captures the sharp wit and vulnerability of her protagonists as they discover that having it all often means losing what matters most. The collection reveals the emotional cost of ambition in a city that promises everything but delivers on its own terms.
Genres: fiction, american-fiction, contemporary, adult-fiction, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Manhattan
Period: 21st-century
Mass Market Paperback · Abacus