I liked this book a lot when it first came out and I think it's worth a reread. I've given this to a lot of my girlfriends in New York City. It just feels really reflective of when I first came up in New York City in my super early 20s when I first moved here and just the people that I loved and associated myself with and also my friend that's a Libra.
Happy Hour (2020)
"It's the summer of 2013, and while New York swelters Isa and Gala scrape and hustle to get by. Among a rotating cast of artists, academics, and bad-mannered grifters, they discover that desires aren't for denying. But as money gets sparse and circumstances grow precarious, the pair struggle to convert social capital into something more tangible"--
- ISBN:
- 9781839764011
- Length:
- 288 pages
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it just is frivolous but in the best possible way and it's just so much fun to read
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