num_pages: 325
description: Before SEX IN THE CITY there was SLOW DANCING, which first Knopf published in 1985. It was shortlisted for the LA Times Fiction Prize, and the National Book Award. Cynical about the world and her life in particular, edgy young attorney Lexi encounters an investigative reporter who quietly challenges her perspectives and pushes her to make changes by asking questions and being willing to change his life for her. (Nancy Pearl) But just as important in this anti-romantic love story is the story of Lexi and her best friend Nell, who are each other's best loves, until ...
language: English
title: Slow Dancing
titlecomplete: Slow Dancing
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 81
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: First Work of Fiction
publisher: Open Road Media