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In a way, Candace Bushnell's Lipstick Jungle picks up where her career-defining book Sex and the City left off, in the money-soaked, power-hungry, beauty-obsessed jungle that is New York City. This time around, the ladies are a bit older, a lot richer, but not particularly wiser nor more endearing than Bushnell's earlier heroines. Lipstick Jungle weaves the stories of Nico O'Neilly, Wendy Healy, and Victory Ford, numbers 8, 12, and 17 on The New York Post's list of "New York's 50 Most Powerful Women." But this is 21st Century New York, and to get ahead and stay ahead, these women will do anything, including jeopardizing their personal and professional relationships. Take for example Nico, editor-in-chief of Bonfire magazine, who betrays her boss to rise to the top of the entire magazine division at media mega-giant Splatch-Verner. As president of Paradour Pictures, Wendy may be poised to win an Oscar for her 10-year labor-of-love, Ragged Pilgrims, but her marriage is in shambles and her children care more about a $50,000 pony than their mother. And for single, 43-year-old fashion designer Victory, pleasing tough critics may be more important than ever finding the real relationship she's convinced herself she doesn't need. This racy tale of women behaving badly manages to shrewdly flip the tables to show us how gender roles are essentially interchangeable, given the right circumstances. Whether that was Bushnell's intent when crafting this wicked tale is another story. --Gisele Toueg 10 Second Interview: A Few Words with Candace Bushnell Q: Were Victory, Wendy, and Nico inspired by any real-life women? A: The characters and situations in Lipstick Jungle were inspired by the real-life women I know and admire in New York City. As with Sex and the City, I spent a lot of time thinking about where women were today, and what I noticed was that there was a fascinating group of women in their forties who were leading non-traditional lives. They were highly successful and motivated, they often had children, and usually were the providers for their families, and yet, they didn't fit the old stereotype of the witchy businesswoman. Indeed, so many of these women were the girls next door, the girls who reminded me of my best friends when I was a kid and we used to fantasize about the great things we were going to do in life. Like the women in Sex and the City, the Lipstick Jungle women are charting new lives for themselves, redefining what it means to be a woman when you really are as powerful, or more powerful, than a man. Of course, you probably want specifics, so I will say that there was a moment when it all clicked. Tina Brown used to write a terrific column in the Washington Post, and one of the things she was always mentioning was how there was a group of powerful women who were meeting and lunching at Michael's restaurant. They'd been working for over twenty years, their children were now in their early teens and didn't need them every minute, and now, in their forties or early fifties, they had time to strive for new career goals and to spend more time with their girlfriends. I thought, "Aha--that's the Lipstick Jungle."Q: What kind of research did you do to cover fashion, film, and publishing in one book? A: To research fashion, film and publishing, I did what I always do--I talked to my girlfriends! Of course, it helps that I've worked in magazine publishing and have had my share of experience with Hollywood. I'm also lucky enough to have a couple of girlfriends who are top designers, who offered to help me out with the specific details. I still remember the afternoon when one of my girlfriends and I sat down to talk--she was over eight months pregnant, and I was worried that we were going to have to run to the hospital!Amazon.com's Significant SevenCandace Bushnell graciously agreed to answer the questions we like to ask every author: the Amazon.com Significant Seven. Q: What book has had the most significant impact on your life
坎迪斯·布什奈尔
《欲望都市》作者,
《纽约观察家》的专栏作家,
《时代周刊》这样评价她:“坎迪斯·布什奈尔是她那个城保里狡猾又淘气的观察家。”
3个都是榜样
评分相比欲望都市,这本和后来改编的电视剧更接近,思考的角度则有所不同
评分喜欢这种叙述口气,但故事... 有点极端女权主义,有点憎恨男性倾向... 有点超现实
评分3个都是榜样
评分美国典型的时尚界职场小说,女人们的斗争和家事不平,读过后让我感到未来的迷茫。
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评分这本书的三个女主人公的社会地位就是世人眼中的成功了 但是她们照样烦恼生活,烦得我头疼 设计师在一年两场的发布会中忙碌计较得失 制片人考虑的是她最爱的电影剧本和自己失败的婚姻 杂志主编想的是爬上CEO的位置以及小情人 她们被邮报评为纽约最成功的女性 但是书里写的更多的...
评分 评分在一个依旧男人占主导的社会,看到这样一本书,不仅暗爽,作者利用文字让我们女人也爽一把。但是现实生活中,女人们确实有在职场的金字塔顶端占有一席地位,像去年的畅销书,Facebook的高管谢莉尔。这些女人具有职场精英人士应该具备的一切的优点,男人做的到的她们也能做到,...
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