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Simon & Schuster, September 2009
Hardcover, 400 pages
ISBN-10: 1416577637
ISBN-13: 9781416577638
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In Amy Sohn’s smart, sexy, satirical peek into the bedrooms and hearts of Prospect Park West, the lives of for women come together during one long, hot Brooklyn summer. Frustrated Oscar-winning actress Melora Leigh eager to relieve the pressures of raising her adopted toddler, feels the seductive pull of kleptomania; Rebecca Rose, missing her formerly robust sex life, begins a dangerous flirtation with handsome neighborhood celebrity Lizzi O’Donnell, former lesbian (or "hasbian"), wonders what draws her to women despite her sexy husband and adorable baby; and Karen Bryan Shapiro consumes herself with a powerful obsession—snagging the ultimate three-bedroom apartment in a well-maintained, P.S. 321–zoned co-op building. As the women’s paths intertwined (an sometimes collide), each must struggle to keep her man, her sanity . . and her playdates.
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"Amy Sohn's new novel makes Desperate Housewives look like amateur hour. I started blushing on the first page and didn't ever stop."
-- LAUREN WEISBERGER, author of Chasing Harry Winston and The Devil Wears Prada
"I could not put down Amy Sohn's Prospect Park West. It's hilarious and juicy, filled with Tom Wolfe-like depictions of America today. It will appeal to everyone: hipsters, non-hipsters, men, women, Brooklynites, non-Brooklynites, straight people, gay people, and hasbians (i.e. former lesbians -- one of the many words I learned in Sohn's book)."
-- A. J. JACOBS, New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All
"In Prospect Park West, we follow four Brooklyn moms as they deal with obsessions, neuroses, sexual confusion, and oh, yes, children. This novel is Amy Sohn at her best -- dishy, sexy, smart, and provocative."
-- GIGI LEVANGIE GRAZER, New York Times bestselling author of The Starter Wife and Queen Takes King
"I've lived in Amy Sohn's Brooklyn for nineteen years. Or so I used to think. How on earth did I miss the frenzy of thirty-something MILFs adulterously running amok?"
-- KURT ANDERSEN, author of Heyday
"Sohn is the ultimate New York City girl...(She) weaves each individual story together beautifully.... Sure to appeal to fans of sophisticated chick and mommy lit, this is just too much fun, and the pages turn like the wind. Bring on a sequel!"
-- Library Journal (starred review)
"There is an undeniable fascination in seeing [the characters'] lives unfold.... Sohn will attract many new followers."
-- Booklist
"Sohn weaves (the) stories together to create what could be described as the perfect beach book."
-- Boston Globe
"Darkly comedic."
-- New York Post Page Six
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, October 18, 2009
..."Prospect Park West" is fun escapism at its best -- like reading a gossip column or tabloid magazine. Amy Sohn's new novel follows four thirtysomething moms whose paths intersect in ...
News 1130, September 28, 2009
...'Prospect Park West' is fun escapism at its best - like reading a gossip column or tabloid magazine. Amy Sohn's new novel follows four thirtysomething moms whose paths intersect ...
DCExaminer.com, September 28, 2009
..."Prospect Park West" (Simon & Schuster, 379 pages, $25), by Amy Sohn: "Prospect Park West" is fun escapism at its best — like reading a gossip column or tabloid magazine. Amy ...
Amarillo Globe News, September 27, 2009
...'Prospect Park West By Amy Sohn 'Prospect Park West' is like reading a gossip column or tabloid magazine. Amy Sohn's new novel follows four thirtysomething moms whose paths intersect ...
USA Today, September 2, 2009
...wrote the provocative bio Kate (as in Hepburn), pulls back the curtain on another glamorous big-screen legend. 2. Prospect Park West By Amy Sohn; Simon & Schuster, $25, in stores. A top choice because a) this chick-lit novel about four urban ...
USA Today, September 2, 2009
...wrote the provocative bio Kate (as in Hepburn), pulls back the curtain on another glamorous big-screen legend. 2. Prospect Park West By Amy Sohn; Simon & Schuster, $25, in stores. A top choice because a) this chick-lit novel about four urban ...
Time Out New York, September 2, 2009
...By Amy Sohn. Simon & Schuster, $25. In her bitingly sarcastic new novel, Amy Sohn does for Park Slope what John Updike did for New England, and then some. It turns out ...
Sploid, August 13, 2009
...Copy this whole post to another site Slurp cancel Amy Sohn sent us a copy of her new book Prospect Park West which Sarah Jessica Parker is making it into an HBO series even though she wouldn't be caught ...
New York Post, August 13, 2009
...to fake an orgasm with 'Sean Penn'? Is 'Alec Baldwin' a psychiatrist hog? Yes -- according to Amy Sohn's fictional characterizations of these celebs in her splashy new novel 'Prospect Park West.' The saucy book, out Sept. 1, is quickly ...
New York Post, August 13, 2009
...Amy Sohn's new novel 'Prospect Park West' is riddled with name-dropping and celeb references, all surrounding train-wreck protagonist Melora Leigh, a pill-popping, two-time Oscar winner. Here are our picks for ...
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