May 27th, 2010
Sex, Lies and Senior Year
“Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe, you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be…”
But just who was Carrie Bradshaw before her column, before Big and before she met her three best friends? In The Carrie Diaries, SATC fans finally find out.
Readers join Carrie for her senior year at Castlebury High, where she grapples with crushes and cliques, family and fashion, swim team, suburbia and (of course) sex. As she begins to discover her writing voice, the young Bradshaw learns that even the hottest guy in town can’t compete with her big city dreams.
She’s no Judy Blume, but Candace Bushnell is shockingly good at teen fiction. We would happily read the Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte Diaries too.
Okay, maybe just Samantha’s.
The Carrie Diaries, ($19.99) Type Books, 427 Spadina Rd., Toronto, 416-487-8973, http://typebooks.ca and Indigo.ca
