Trading Up(Signed)

Bushnell, Candace

ISBN 10: 0316725846 / ISBN 13: 9780316725842

Published by Little, Brown, 2003

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VGC.Little, Brown,2003.First UK edition-first printing.The book is Signed by the Author on the title page.Purple hardback(blue lettering to the spine,two creases/nicks on the edges of the cover) with Dj(some nicks,scratches and creases on the Dj cover),both in VGC.Nice and clean pages with a small ink mark,nick and slightly tainted on the outer edges,small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book,a couple of small nicks and creases on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.504pp.Price un-clipped.Signed first edition. Seller Inventory # 2999

Bibliographic Details

Title: Trading Up(Signed)

Publisher: Little, Brown

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very good

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: First UK edition-first printing.

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Synopsis:

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...

A witty, biting comedy of manners from the ultimate insider.

Review:

Janey Wilcox is an MAW (that's Model/Actress/Whatever to the uninitiated). The problem with Janey, the protagonist of Trading Up, the new novel from Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell, is not the M or the A part. It's the W. Here is a rare alphabetical anomaly: in Janey's case, W stands for "prostitute". Janey never crosses the line into actual hookerdom, but she does sleep with extremely wealthy men in the hopes they'll improve her status, her financial situation, or her lifestyle.

When we first met Janey in Bushnell's novella collection 4 Blondes, she was up to her usual tricks (so to speak)--scamming a guy for a Hamptons vacation rental. At the opening of Trading Up her fortunes have improved. She's now the star of a Victoria's Secret ad campaign and as such she's found access to undreamed-of echelons of New York society. She makes friends with Mimi Kilroy, a senator's daughter "at the very top of the social heap in New York." She gets invited to all the best parties. And she finally finds a wealthy man who will actually marry her: Seldon Rose, a powerful entertainment industry executive. Of course, Janey's social ambitions are not hampered by her marriage to Seldon and the clash between her expectations (more parties) and his (normal life) send Janey into a tailspin that leads to heartbreak. Bushnell is clearly trying to channel Edith Wharton (The Custom of the Country is even invoked by Janey as a screenplay idea), but ends up sounding a lot more like a cross between Tama Janowitz and Judith Krantz. This is a novel about shopping and sex, and while it's fizzy enough, it's not Cristal. --Claire Dederer, Amazon.com