Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 12:00     Subject: Re:Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Severance by Ling Ma - a pandemic hits and a young office worker first blogs about it, then has to make decisions on leaving the city.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 11:53     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Anonymous wrote:Most of Laurie Colwin's novels are set in NYC. They're all about family/relationships, so maybe that gives them a memoir-ish vibe?


She also has a collection of memoir-ish essays called Home Cooking that is NYC-centric.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 11:44     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Anonymous wrote:City of Girls (really enjoyed this one).

I did too. If you've not read Bonfire of the Vanities, check it out.

Just reread The Great Gatsby after finishing The Fabulous Lives of Marjorie Merriweather Post by Allison Pataki because her second husband is supposed to have inspired the Gatsby character. The book about Marjorie is also set in NYC.

Agree with PPs about Rules of Civility and Nora Ephron's & Ruth Reichl's books. Add in Sloane Crosley too.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 00:13     Subject: Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
City of Girls (really enjoyed this one).
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2024 23:56     Subject: Re:Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
Why, darling, Breakfast at Tiffany's!
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2024 23:54     Subject: Re:Memoirs/fiction that reads like a memoir that take place in NYC?
American Psycho