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Book SynopsisThe no. 1 Sunday Times bestselling satire of New York high society from the wickedly funny Plum Sykes
''Perfectly pitched playful, funny, satirical and sweet. I laughed out loud many times'' Anna Wintour, Vogue
''Sykes has a distinctive, wily and well-deployed comic voice Into the blender go Bridget Jones, Anita Loos, Sex and the City and Clueless; out comes a diabolically amusing concoction'' New York Times
''A masterpiece: never has intelligence been so wickedly dark, on-point and outright funny ... I'm full of awe and admiration'' Alain de Botton on Party Girls Die in Pearls
Meet moi, a champagne bubble of a girl about town working at being a princess by day and by night on the prowl for that elusive, must-have accessory every girl simply demands: an impossibly rich fiancé''.
It shouldn't be too tricky. After all, her BFF is Julie Bergdorf, department store heiress,
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A masterpiece: never has intelligence been so wickedly dark, on-point and outright funny ... I’m full of awe and admiration * Alain de Botton on Party Girls Die in Pearls *
Highly entertaining and intelligent … Whips along at an exhilarating speed * Mail on Sunday *
Sparkling, bliss, glitteringly honest … A delicious bubble of a book. I haven’t had so much fun since re-reading the Mitford novels -- Rachel Johnson * Spectator *
Plum Sykes channels Nancy Mitford and Holly Golightly with great charm and sweetness -- Jane Green
Riveting, the sparkiest kind of fable * The Times *
Perfectly pitched – playful, funny, satirical and sweet. I laughed out loud many times -- Anna Wintour * Vogue *
Bright, funny … Haute couture chick lit -- Candace Bushnell
Sykes has a distinctive, wily and well-deployed comic voice … Into the blender go Bridget Jones, Anita Loos, Sex and the City and Clueless; out comes a diabolically amusing concoction -- Janet Maslin * New York Times *
Mishaps and misadventures, fabulously accessorized, très romantic. A comedy of social mores in Manhattan * Daily Mail *
Explosive … Lifts the lid on the swirling social world of New York’s fashion industry * Daily Express *
Savagely funny * Observer *
Fun, bubbly, riveting * Daily Telegraph *
Hilarious, witty and clever, it’s the story of a New York society girl about town with a wardrobe to die for and loads of charm * Woman & Home *
Sykes has an upbeat, breathy style … Sharp observations * New Statesman *
Playfully witty … A deft, sparky, sharply observed comedy * Metro *
Fizzes like a lychee bellini * In Style *
Sharply observed, frothy * Tatler *
If dreaming how the other half lives appeals, you’ll be delighted by this tale of an English girl let loose among the platinum blondes, peach bellinis and Park Avenue mansions of New York’s high fliers * Red *
