According to both Gawker and our very own insider at Bookforum, the press copies of Prospect Park West, Amy Sohn's thinly-veiled Sex and the City ripoff ("It's different! It's four women in BROOKLYN!") have been sent off to the four corners of the lit/gossip world. Early reports are...not so great. And with lines like these, how can we argue:
It was a scorching July Thursday, three days after Rebecca's thwarted masturbation, and she was looking forward to getting a break from her daughter. Rebecca's babysitter, Sonam, diminutive and deferential, with a forehead of lifelong suffering, took care of Abbie Tuesdays and Thursdays while Rebecca worked on freelance article assignments, window-shopped, or did her Prospect Park Food Coop shift, like today. (via Gawker)
This is, in short, every reason that people hate us (and I don't think it's meant to be ironic!) When will the stereotypes end? Is PS20 going to have to write a book of our own about life outside of the Coop? Hint: it's a hell of a lot sexier than thwarted masturbation and ethnic subservient help.
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