num_pages: 256
description: By the bestselling author of Seinfeldia a fascinating retrospective of the iconic and award-winning television series Sex and the City to coincide with the shows twentieth anniversary.When Candace Bushnell started writing her Sex and the City column for the New York Observer she didnt think anyone beyond the Upper East Side would care about her adventures among the Hamptons-hopping media elite. But her struggles with singlehood struck a chord making her a citywideand soon nationwidesensation.Beverly Hills 90210 creator Darren Star brought Bushnells vision to an even wider audience when he adapted the column for an HBO series. His four main characters: Carrie Charlotte Miranda and Samantha forever branded the actresses that took on the roles redefined womens relationship to sex and elevated the perception of singlehood. With their fashion-forward lifestyle they launched a barrage of trends from fabric flower accessories to Manolo Blahnik shoes to Cosmopolitan cocktails.Sex and the City and Us is the story of how a columnist two gay menDarren Star and fellow executive producer Michael Patrick Kingand a writers room full of women used their own poignant hilarious and humiliating stories to launch a cultural phenomenon pushing the boundaries of television and ignited a national conversation about single women and sex in the process. While the shows feminist merits continue to fuel debate it taught viewersmale and female gay and straightabout sex and demonstrated that single women could support each other through lifes tribulations even as men came and went.Featuring exclusive new interviews with the cast and writers including star Sarah Jessica Parker creator Darren Star executive producer Michael Patrick King and author Candace Bushnell Sex and the City and Us brings us behind-the-scenes for a nostalgic look at a TV series that changed the way women everywhere see themselves.
language: English
title: Sex and the City and Us: How Four Single Women Changed the Way We Think, Live, and Love
publisher: Simon & Schuster