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Looking for something after SATC? Try HTBS

July 8th, 2008 Katharine - Sequoya

Even if you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Sex and the City (SATC) was a smash hit for HBO and their latest theatrical release has landed them box-office success also.  But what did the other writers from the show do while the movie was being made?  Evidently one of them chose to write a book.  Liz Tuccillo (co-author of the cult hit He’s Just Not That Into You) own novel How to Be Single came out this summer.  It could turn out to be THE “chick lit hit” of the summer and a must have beach read.  See what you think.

Julie Jensen, 38 and single, gets a call from her newly seperated friend Georgia pleading for a night out on the town to celebrate her new found singleness.  Julie rallies her troops, former attorney Alice, reclusive Ruby and new age Serena all come together for an evening of fun and mayhem.  What results from their evening besides a trip to the ER (alot happens in the first chapter)  is a self-prescribed journey for Julie.  She decides to take a sabbatical from her job to research a new book, what does it mean to be over thirty and single not only in America, but all over the world?  Her quest ends up being a whirlwind adventure where she meets women from Paris to Rio, from Bejing to Bali (and of course a fetching married Parisian man who just might be the one).  Julie ends her trip in Iceland with her old friends Georgia, Alice, Serena and Ruby in tow and reflect on what’s has happened in their lives the last few months.

HTBS reminded me of the Oprah selection Eat, Pray, Love in the way it took the protagonist literally around the world on her journey to self-discovery.  This book, however, wasn’t about one but five very different women and how they were dealing with the same “single” issue.  And it deserves the gold medal “chick lit hit” seal of approval.  I wouldn’t be surprised to see it follow in SATC footsteps and make it to the big screen sometime in the future.

Entry Filed under: Recreational Fiction