num_pages: 389
description: Before Carrie Bradshaw hit the big time in the City she was a regular girl growing up in the suburbs of Connecticut. How did she turn into one of the most-read social observers of our generation?The Carrie Diaries opens up in Carrie's senior year of high school. She and her best friends -- Walt Lali Maggie and the Mouse -- are inseparable amid the sea of Jens Jocks and Jets. And then Sebastian Kydd comes into the picture. Sebastian is a bad boy-older intriguing and unpredictable. Carrie falls into the relationship that she was always supposed to have in high school-until a friend's betrayal makes her question everything. With her high school days coming to a close Carrie will realize it's finally time to go after everything she ever wanted.Rabid fans of Sex and the City will love seeing Carrie Bradshaw evolve from a regular girl into a sharp insightful writer. They'll learn about her family background -- how she found her writing voice and the indelible impression her early friendships and relationships left on her. We'll see what brings Carrie to her beloved New York City where the next Carrie Diaries book will take place.
language: English
title: The Carrie Diaries
publisher: Balzer + Bray