City of Girls: A Novel

From the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and The Signature of All Things, a delicious novel of glamour, sex, and adventure, about a young woman discovering that you don't have to be a good girl to be a good person. Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater wo...show more

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496 pages

Average rating: 7.19

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peegie77
Oct 21, 2023
10/10 stars
Quite possibly my favorite book.
KalaWilkins
Sep 24, 2023
6/10 stars
Youth in 1940s New York City. Discovering who you are in the big city. It’s fun, it’s trouble. Decisions that alter your life forever.
Heymom1970
Aug 25, 2023
5 star read
MadelineHunt
Aug 24, 2023
6/10 stars
Overall the book is fine, it’s just really long and not much exciting happens for the first half. The last few chapters were the best in my opinion. First Half - A lot of sex and being young in NYC. Not spicy enough for me to really care. Second Half- A lot of thought provoking moments about how women have been treated throughout history, feminism, and the mental health affects of war. “When women are gathered together with no men around, t...read more
KHDutton
Aug 12, 2023
10/10 stars
Enthralled by this story and captivated by its characters and New York Renaissance.

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