A dazzling, decades-spanning tale of female friendship, love, and the pursuit of dreams in gritty 1990s New York City.New York, 1997. As the city's rough edges are polished into something safer and shinier, two aspiring writers meet at a music magazine. Rose—bold and self-assured—is a staff writer. Charlotte—cautious and literary—is an editor. Initially wary, they soon recognize in each other an unmatched ambition. They become inseparable, turning every day into an...

It is not love at first sight for Frances and Bernard.She finds him faintly ridiculous while he sees her as aloof. But after that first meeting, Bernard writes Frances a letter which changes everything and soon they are immersed in the kind of fast, deep friendship that can alter the course of lives. They find their way to New York and discover cramped West Village kitchens, rowdy cocktail parties stocked with the sharp-witted and glamorous, taxis that can take you anywhere at all ...

'The instant feminist classic our generation has been waiting for' Ada Calhoun, author of Why We Can't SleepWhat happens when growing up means growing apart?1997. New York.Earnest, bookish Rose.Brash, extrovert Charlotte.When they moved to New York in the late nineties, coffee cost less than a dollar and you could still smoke in bars. You could stay up drinking all night, sat in vinyl booths...

'Rose and Charlotte arrive in 1990s New York, fresh out of university and fizzing with ambition. When they end up working at the same music magazine, Charlotte – earnest, bookish – is wary of brash, outspoken Rose. But hesitancy soon gives way to a unique friendship that will change both girls forever.Determined to take advantage of every day in this exasperating, jubilant city, their lives become entirely entwined. Together they find love and lose it, hit their strides and stumble,...