______________ **A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER** ***A BOOK CLUB PICK FROM THE QUEEN CONSORT'S READING ROOM*** ______________ 'Stunning' - Lisa Taddeo, author of THREE WOMEN 'Warm and wise' - Stephanie Merritt, Observer 'Glamorous, sexy, compelling' - Dolly Alderton, Sunday Times 'I fell in love with Vivian from page one' - Daisy Buchanan 'An education in love, and an iridescent delight' - Rowan Pelling, Spectator ______________ New York, 1940. Young, glamorous and inseparable, Vivian and Celia are chasing trouble from one end of the city to the other. But there is risk in all this play - that's what makes it so fun, and so dangerous. Sometimes, the world may feel like it's ending, but for Vivian and Celia, life is just beginning. City of Girls is about daring to break conventions and follow your desires: a celebration of glamour, resilience, growing up, and the joys of female friendship - and about the freedom that comes from finding a place you truly belong. ______________ 'There is so much to love in City of Girls' - Independent 'Wherever Liz Gilbert goes, we'll follow' - Oprah magazine, Best book releases 'Sensational' - Cosmopolitan 'As bubbly as a champagne cocktail but with a real kick in the tail' - Sunday Express 'Explores female desire in a radically refreshing way' - independent.co.uk 'Brilliant on female friendship, desire and the influence a good mentor can bring to enrich a young woman's life' - Grazia Summer Reads A fizzing portrait of a giddy young female hedonism