City People

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Price
$28.99  $26.96
Publisher
Little a
Publish Date
Pages
318
Dimensions
5.4 X 8.6 X 1.2 inches | 0.75 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781662507335
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About the Author

Elizabeth Topp's debut novel, Perfectly Impossible, was a number one Amazon bestseller in literary fiction. Topp penned her first short story as a second grader at the Dalton School and continued studying creative writing at Harvard College and Columbia's School of the Arts, where she earned a master of fine arts in nonfiction writing. Topp coauthored her first book, Vaginas: An Owner's Manual, with her gynecologist mother while she worked as a private assistant, a job she still holds. Topp lives in the same Manhattan apartment where she grew up with her partner, Matthew; daughter, Anna; and their cat, Stripes. City People is her second novel.

Reviews

"[T]he novel's scathing observations about Manhattan's wealthiest parents are wildly entertaining. An engrossing, unflinching critique of elite parenting in Manhattan." --Kirkus Reviews

"Topp packs a lot into the narrative while thoroughly fleshing out each of her protagonists. There's much to enjoy in this character-driven portrait of the high-stakes world of New York private school admissions." --Publishers Weekly

"In this haunting novel, Topp delicately peels back the gilt layers of privilege to expose the true cost of living amid Manhattan's 1 percent, where the things that matter--ease, self-esteem, and love--are always tantalizingly out of reach...promised in the next purchase, the next investment, but never delivered. Topp dares to ask, If your child's admission to an elite school could be an entrée into this world, would you take it? Should you?" --Nicola Kraus, coauthor of The Nanny Diaries

"Liz Topp brilliantly gets into the minds of five different women as they deal with the pride-swallowing process of applying to kindergarten in New York City. What could have been a predictable jaunt is made fresh and intriguing with a plot twist in the first chapter. You won't be able to put it down until the last." --Laurie Gelman, author of Class Mom

"Sharp, unflinching, and dirty with secrets, City People speaks volumes about the isolation of motherhood, the shades of ambition, and the power of loss to push us together or pull us apart. In overlapping narratives that radiate from one cataclysmic event, Elizabeth Topp deftly explores the chasm between public persona and private reality, forcing us to question our own preoccupation with image versus truth." --Nora Zelevansky, author of Competitive Grieving

"With echoes of Big Little Lies, City People offers a sharply observed portrait of Manhattan private school culture, disrupted by one mother's hidden pain and tragedy." --Robin Kirman, author of The End of Getting Lost