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Bergdorf Blondes
I’ve been a fan of Plum Sykes for awhile. I followed Runway as the chronicled her
wedding, I noted with glee her
cameo in the Sex and The City movie,
but oddly, her book, Bergdorf Blondes sat on my shelf for three years. Oddly, I received a call from a friend of mine a few months back, who said " Oh,
I'm reading Bergdorf Blondes and
it reminds me of you! " Hmm,"
thought I. "I only wish... I
wish my days as a finishing school girl in New York City were still here." I remember my best friend (born and raised in
Beverly Hills) and I had no clue
about money.We would spend as only
two Sarah Lawrence girls out on a romp could. "sighhhh" Anyway, I finally removed
the book from my shelf and began to read. Like all things that feel "like Home" I couldn't put it down. Bergdorf Blondes is an ersatz, modern day, Jane Austin novel to my mind. I did love it. Sykes's writing is witty, smart, and quite female in thought pattern. The characters emerge from
frivolous, image based, existing
into thoughtful, determined,
goodhearted heroines. OK, so the object
was to marry a rich guy. In the end, noting that who someone is as a person counts far more than flash, coolness, and facade, each
finds Mr. Right The main
characters could not go forward until
they self actualized and stopped focusing on the external. Somewhere it dawned on them that like attracts like and in order to find
a good guy, they had to be good
gals. Nice read.
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