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Gotham Diaries

A Novel

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By Tonya Lewis Lee

By Crystal McCrary Anthony

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$36.00

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$46.00 CAD

A hilarious first novel that provides a peek into the world of the super-rich, super-connected African Americans in Manhattan. Lauren is trying to be an independent woman, starting her own documentary film company, but it’s difficult when you’re married to Ed Thomas, one of the wealthiest African-American businessmen in the country — and particularly when he seems to have a roving eye. Manny is an up-and-coming gay real estate agent who arrived in Manhattan from Alabama with only the clothes on his back. He’s made his way to the top of his profession–yet he still wants more. Tandy is one of the “ladies who lunch” — but she’s desperate to reinvent herself and find a new source of cash flow. As we follow these three and other characters in this compelling first novel, we see the fascinating world of New York City’s upper-crust African American society with all their scandals, foibles and skeletons in the closet revealed.

  • "The insider authority carries the day.... Vicious, funny, juicy, with lots of antic real estate scenes."
    Publishers Weekly

On Sale
Jul 7, 2004
Page Count
288 pages
Publisher
Hachette Books
ISBN-13
9781401301194

Tonya Lewis Lee

About the Author

Tonya Lewis Lee, along with her husband, filmmaker Spike Lee, is the author of the successful children’s book Please Baby Please, as well as a children’s television producer. This is her first adult novel.

Crystal McCrary Anthony is the co-author (with Rita Ewing) of the novel Homecourt Advantage, about the turbulent lives of women married to NBA players.

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