a quick follow to the first book (bought them in the same sale). this was a series of short essays. her authoring voice is amazing – a consistent view into new high society, even thought that wasnt the objective of the book. (reminded me of swans of fifth avenue, in that sense).
made me want to live in new york, a bit more, again, just for a little while.
in this book she is writing first person as herself, its more of a memoir, and she definitely confirms that heartburn was based on her real life. (noting that she replaced cats in real life into hamsters in the book, that for some reason really entertained me.)
a lot of things stuck out to me: she has been twice divorced, third marriage clearly worked out. she reminisces about the mistakes that she made when she was younger, but in a really delightful way (writing about how as a younger woman when she was friends with an older lady, they fell apart and how she felt then versus now). my favourite essay was probably the one about how she started working in journalism; and her casual and on-the-nose callouts of discrimination and normalcy of it at the time.
Really enjoyed this.