"A novel as vibrant, sexy and wise as the author's megahit Eat Pray Love." - People Magazine
"The girls and women of the book don't simply endure: they thrive, they dance, they live. Grab some champagne and toast..." - OprahMag.com
"Gilbert's new novel... is a pitch-perfect evocation of the era's tawdry glamour and a coming-of-age story whose fizzy surface conceals unexpected gradations of feeling." -New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)
"Gilbert stays true to her pledge that she won't let her protagonist's sexuality be her downfall, like so many literary heroines before her. That may be the most radical thing about a novel that otherwise revels in the old-fashioned pleasures of storytelling - the right to fall down rabbit holes, and still find your own wonderland." - EntertainmentWeekly.com
"A breezy, entertaining read - and really, something better: a lively, effervescent, and sexy portrait of a woman living in a golden time... Passion, Gilbert never tires of informing us, that's the stuff of life. Not money, not the Darwinian struggle for survival, certainly not the family you are born with - passion is our raison d'etre. It's what makes us feel we are rocketing through the streets of New York City during the best days of our lives." - NPR
"Her story is rich with memorable characters... the larger-than-life leading lady... the alluring leading man-and a vibrant setting... Gilbert's expert world-building, flawless dialogue, and attention to detail places you right in the middle of the action." - Buzzfeed News
"The lush prose and firm belief in love that suffuses City of Girls will be a cool place to hide out as we enter a heated summer season of contentious presidential politics."-San Francisco Chronicle
"With all the conversations about sexual consent, it's risen up around the #MeToo movement... This author doesn't want us to forget there's also such a thing as female desire, the main character wants to have sex and she's not shy about hunting for it." - Whoopi Goldberg, The View 'Ladies Get Lit Summer Reads 2019'
"Glittering, hot, funny, and drenched in pleasure... Elizabeth Gilbert is one of the most dazzling and luminous writers of our generation. She invites us to challenge the rules, hunt down adventure, and bear hug the highs and lows of life." - Marie Forleo, MarieTV
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