One Fifth Avenue[第五分之一大道]

OneFifthAvenue,theArtDecobeautytoweringoverManhattan'shippestneighbourhood,isaone-of-a-kindaddress,thesortofbuildingyouhavetoearnyourwayinto--onewayoranother.ForthewomeninCandaceBushnell'sstellarnewnovel,OneFifthAvenueisattheheartofthelivesthey'vecarefullyestablished,orhopetoestablish.ThereisSchifferDiamond,aforty-somethingactressbusilyprovingthatwomenofstylearetrulyageless.Thereisspoiled,self-assuredLola,whoisdeterminedtolaunchherselfintosocietyandthearmsoftherightmanbyclawingawayintothebuilding.Annalisaisthewifeofahedgefundmanagerandreluctantsocialite,whilebitterMindyismarriedtoanunder-publishedwriterandhasbeenthefamilybreadwinnerfortoolong.AndthenthereisEnid,theglamorousgrandedameandgossipcolumnist,whohaslivedatOneFifthAvenuefordecades,andseeseverythingthereistoseefromherpenthouseview...