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With a brilliant comic voice as well as Jane Austen's penchant for social satire, Candace Bushnell, who with Sex and the City changed forever how we view New York City, female friendships, and the love of a good pair of Manolos, now brings us a sharply observant, keenly funny, wildly entertaining latter day comedy of manners. Modern-day heroine Janey Wilcox is a lingerie model whose reach often exceeds her grasp, and whose new-found success has gone to her head. As we follow Janey's adventures, Bushnell draws us into a seemingly glamorous world of $100,000 cars, hunky polo players and media moguls, Fifth Avenue apartments, and relationships whose hidden agendas are detectable only by the socially astute. But just as Janey enters this world of too much money and too few morals, unseen forces conspire to bring her down, forcing her to reexamine her values about love and friendship-and how far she's really willing to go to realize her dreams

Janey Wilcox is an M.A.W. (that's Model/Actress/Whatever to the uninitiated). The problem with Janey, the protagonist of Candace Bushnell's first novel, Trading Up, is not the M or the A part. It's the W. Here is a rare alphabetical anomaly: In Janey's case, W stands for "prostitute." Oh, Janey never crosses the line into actual hookerdom, but she does sleep with extremely wealthy men in the hopes they'll improve her status, her financial situation, or her lifestyle. When we first met Janey in Bushnell's novella collection 4 Blondes, she was up to her usual tricks (so to speak)--scamming a guy for a Hamptons vacation rental. At the opening of Trading Up, her fortunes have improved. She's now the star of a Victoria's Secret ad campaign, and as such she's found access to undreamed-of echelons of New York society. She makes friends with Mimi Kilroy, a senator's daughter "at the very top of the social heap in New York." She gets invited to all the best parties. And she finally finds a wealthy man who will actually marry her: Seldon Rose, a powerful entertainment industry executive. Of course, Janey's social ambitions are not stoppered by her marriage to Seldon, and the clash between her expectations (more parties!) and his (normal life) send Janey into a tailspin that leads to heartbreak. Bushnell is clearly trying to channel Edith Wharton (The Custom of the Country is even invoked by Janey as a screenplay idea), but ends up sounding a lot more like a cross between Tama Janowitz and Judith Krantz. This is a novel about shopping and sex, and while it's fizzy enough, it's not Cristal.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Claire Dederer

"It was the beginning of the summer of the year 2000, and in New York City, where the streets seemed to sparkle with the gold dust filtered down from a billion trades in a boomtown economy, it was business as usual." In other words, it is business as usual for bestselling author Bushnell (Sex and the City; 4 Blondes), who expands here on the career of shallow, predatory Janey Wilcox. In 4 Blondes, Wilcox was a mildly famous one-time model who bedded men based on their ability to provide her with a great house in the Hamptons for the summer. Now she has become a Victoria's Secret model, a bona fide success in her own right. As the latest summer in the Hamptons kicks off, Wilcox becomes the new best friend of the socialite Mimi Kilroy, who is eager to introduce beautiful Janey to the very rich Selden Rose, the new head of the HBO-like MovieTime. Unlike Janey's many previous hookups, Selden is the marrying kind. What ensues is a grim if well-observed account of a match made in hell. Here's the problem. There is a black hole in the center of the book in the form of Janey Wilcox, a character so dull and humorless that she makes this whole elaborate enterprise one long, boring slog. Granted, Bushnell sets out to chronicle the workings of "one of those people for whom the superficial comfortingly masks an inner void," but Wilcox is not evil enough to be interesting, not talented enough to be Mr. Ripley. Wilcox proceeds from model/prostitute to "Model/Prostitute" on the cover of the Post. But who will care? Bushnell has committed the real crime here: failure to entertain.

Height (mm) 197 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Width (mm) 127

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With a brilliant comic voice as well as Jane Austen's penchant for social satire, Candace Bushnell, who with Sex and the City changed forever how we view New York City, female friendships, and the love of a good pair of Manolos, now brings us a sharply observant, keenly funny, wildly entertaining latter day comedy of manners. Modern-day heroine Janey Wilcox is a lingerie model whose reach often exceeds her grasp, and whose new-found success has gone to her head. As we follow Janey's adventures, Bushnell draws us into a seemingly glamorous world of $100,000 cars, hunky polo players and media moguls, Fifth Avenue apartments, and relationships whose hidden agendas are detectable only by the socially astute. But just as Janey enters this world of too much money and too few morals, unseen forces conspire to bring her down, forcing her to reexamine her values about love and friendship-and how far she's really willing to go to realize her dreams

Janey Wilcox is an M.A.W. (that's Model/Actress/Whatever to the uninitiated). The problem with Janey, the protagonist of Candace Bushnell's first novel, Trading Up, is not the M or the A part. It's the W. Here is a rare alphabetical anomaly: In Janey's case, W stands for "prostitute." Oh, Janey never crosses the line into actual hookerdom, but she does sleep with extremely wealthy men in the hopes they'll improve her status, her financial situation, or her lifestyle. When we first met Janey in Bushnell's novella collection 4 Blondes, she was up to her usual tricks (so to speak)--scamming a guy for a Hamptons vacation rental. At the opening of Trading Up, her fortunes have improved. She's now the star of a Victoria's Secret ad campaign, and as such she's found access to undreamed-of echelons of New York society. She makes friends with Mimi Kilroy, a senator's daughter "at the very top of the social heap in New York." She gets invited to all the best parties. And she finally finds a wealthy man who will actually marry her: Seldon Rose, a powerful entertainment industry executive. Of course, Janey's social ambitions are not stoppered by her marriage to Seldon, and the clash between her expectations (more parties!) and his (normal life) send Janey into a tailspin that leads to heartbreak. Bushnell is clearly trying to channel Edith Wharton (The Custom of the Country is even invoked by Janey as a screenplay idea), but ends up sounding a lot more like a cross between Tama Janowitz and Judith Krantz. This is a novel about shopping and sex, and while it's fizzy enough, it's not Cristal.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Claire Dederer

"It was the beginning of the summer of the year 2000, and in New York City, where the streets seemed to sparkle with the gold dust filtered down from a billion trades in a boomtown economy, it was business as usual." In other words, it is business as usual for bestselling author Bushnell (Sex and the City; 4 Blondes), who expands here on the career of shallow, predatory Janey Wilcox. In 4 Blondes, Wilcox was a mildly famous one-time model who bedded men based on their ability to provide her with a great house in the Hamptons for the summer. Now she has become a Victoria's Secret model, a bona fide success in her own right. As the latest summer in the Hamptons kicks off, Wilcox becomes the new best friend of the socialite Mimi Kilroy, who is eager to introduce beautiful Janey to the very rich Selden Rose, the new head of the HBO-like MovieTime. Unlike Janey's many previous hookups, Selden is the marrying kind. What ensues is a grim if well-observed account of a match made in hell. Here's the problem. There is a black hole in the center of the book in the form of Janey Wilcox, a character so dull and humorless that she makes this whole elaborate enterprise one long, boring slog. Granted, Bushnell sets out to chronicle the workings of "one of those people for whom the superficial comfortingly masks an inner void," but Wilcox is not evil enough to be interesting, not talented enough to be Mr. Ripley. Wilcox proceeds from model/prostitute to "Model/Prostitute" on the cover of the Post. But who will care? Bushnell has committed the real crime here: failure to entertain.

Height (mm) 197 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Width (mm) 127

• 作者：新琇 发布时间：2014-11-01 20:18:59

  只有顺势而动而不是逆势而为才能赚取更大的财富。熊市短线，牛市中长线。

• 作者：阿元 发布时间：2021-11-21 18:02:24

  书真是挑人的，也挑时间，第二遍读发现了之前绝不会注意的一些细节。比如，一现代生物学机制之下对强迫症的定义本就不完善，没有顾及相当多的患者没有明显“反强迫”的客观事实。二宗教与科学的关系不是根本对立而是在一定程度上的相融。三还有森田对于具体病例的解释和分析，逻辑严密，极有智慧。

  暂时没有具体实效办法矫正思维模式的时候，我们可以先尝试改变行为模式，行为和思维其实是联动的，建设性的行为最终导向的就是富有成就感的健康的生活。这话可以共勉

• 作者：布瓜 发布时间：2018-09-30 16:09:30

  基本不懂，有空再读

• 作者：Toni Caroline 发布时间：2008-10-15 22:22:48

  how a model struggled among the world.

• 作者：freya 发布时间：2021-05-03 21:09:49

  三本里最喜欢这一本。不仅是喜欢happy ending，更多的是喜欢作者对人物的刻画，尤其是暗主（期待本巴恩斯的演绎）

• 作者：四夕青 发布时间：2023-06-04 13:04:24

  太过刻板化了

• 你的心里，是否也住着一只单纯的小狐狸？

  作者：五月微蓝 发布时间：2011-03-22 21:06:57

  “生命，反正是一场诡计。单纯终会被世故湮没。”看阿狸的时候，我一直在想着这句话。这个世界上，单纯的东西越来越少，但是喜欢单纯的人其实还很多，很庆幸我们还有这只温暖的小狐狸。

  最早认识阿狸，是两年前的那本《阿狸•梦之城堡》，很久没有看到过这么简单美好的书了，被那篇《妈妈》深深的感动。我们总是说要简单生活，可是却又总是对生活有着这样那样的要求，被各种复杂和世俗纠缠着，脱不开身，大概也正因此，才更加向往这种生活，向往这份可望而不可及的单纯与美好。

  等了两年，终于等来了这本《阿狸•永远站》，这一次阿狸坐着红色巴士执着地找寻着那比时间多了一秒的“永远”。可是他到处都寻不到他要的答案，人们告诉他抵达不了的地方就叫做永远，世界上从来就没有过永远。当阿狸带着失望回到家里，妈妈解开了他心里那个关于“永远”的结，其实永远就在每个人的心里。

  关于单纯，能想到的东西真的不多，想起之前看过的一部日本电影《爱我别走》，剧中的男主角亚照，是个有智力障碍的年轻人，但是他相信生活，相信爱情，懂得去爱人。我曾说，如果我们能有他的一半的单纯，是不是就会更加快乐。现在想来他就如同真人版的阿狸，一直给人美好和温暖。

  常有人说，每个人心里都住着一个小王子。但是我觉得小王子太偏执也太孤单，我更希望每个人心里都住着一只阿狸，给人美好和温暖。他就像一个关于童年的梦，单纯，可爱，无知，善良，傻傻的惹人喜爱。

  小侄女在3岁的时候就说过一句让大人们都汗颜的话：“好东西么要大家一起分享才快乐的呀。”所以我想应该感谢Hans，让我们分享了这么可爱的阿狸，也真心希望阿狸系列一直继续下去，希望能让更多人能看到。

  如果你还有梦想的勇气，如果你还愿意相信童话，如果你偶尔想从现实的压力中抽身，如果你正觉得伤心难过，如果你想寻找单纯的美好……那么就看看阿狸吧，这只单纯可爱的小狐狸一定会带给你一个灿烂美好的晴天。

• 有生之年，总有一次得冲动一下不后悔

  作者：女 发布时间：2010-06-08 19:17:12

  一哥们，年前的时候在结婚与不结婚之间纠结。

  结婚吧，早早被拴上各种责任，还有生孩子和养老婆的义务。

  不结婚吧，手头这个女人和家里都在催，而且自己也累了；而且恋爱以后才知道，有个女人真的挺好的。

  所以，他念着这女人的好。年底结婚了。

  但我今天才知道。

  恭喜他之余，问他怎么最后想通了。他给我的答案，就是我这个评论的题目了。

  我特受震撼。

  如今，想找到一个早早想结婚，想养女人，想孝敬父母的男人，是多么难。

  如今，想找到一个把冲动付诸行动的男人多么难。

  我对这位朋友的敬意，肃然多十二分。

  话扯远了。

  其实我最想说的是，有生之年，或许我也该冲动一次。

  想去非洲，想去阿拉斯加，想养一只阿拉斯加还有两只不同颜色的猫，想拥有一只支持我冲动的男人，想生一只冲动雌性生物2号。

  在漫长的人生旅途中，真想像这本书如水般流畅的文字那样，冲动一场，疯狂一场。

  以上