The bestselling author of Seinfeldia offers a fascinating retrospective from the iconic and award-winning television series, Sex and the City, in a “bubbly, yet fierce cultural dissection of the groundbreaking show” (Chicago Tribune).

This is actually the story of how a columnist, two gay men, and a writers’ room filled with women used their own poignant, hilarious, and humiliating stories to launch a cultural phenomenon. They endured surprise, slut-shaming, and a slew of nasty reviews on their method to eventual— about Sex and the City and Us: How Four One Women Changed the Way We Think, Live, and Love if still often begrudging—respect. The show wasn’t perfect, but it revolutionized television for girls.

When Candace Bushnell began writing for the brand new York Observer, she didn’t think anyone beyond top of the East Part would value her travels among the Hamptons-hopping press elite. But her challenges with singlehood struck a chord. Beverly Hillsides, 90210 inventor Darren Superstar brought her vision to an even wider viewers when he adapted the column for HBO. Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha released a barrage of styles, forever branded the stars that took over the roles, redefined women’s romantic relationship to sex and elevated the understanding of singlehood.

Featuring exclusive new interviews with the cast and writers, including star Sarah Jessica Parker, creator Darren Star, executive producer Michael Patrick King, and author Candace Bushnell, “Jennifer Keishin Armstrong provides readers inside the writers’ space and in to the scribes’ lives…The composing is normally fizzy and funny, but she still handles an in-depth take a look at a display that’s been examined for decades, giving readers a retrospective as enjoyable as a $20 pink cocktail” (The Washington Post). Sex and the City and Us is normally both a crucial and nostalgic behind-the-scenes look at a television series that changed the way women see themselves.