Girls, Have You Read The New Plum Sykes?????????????

                                         I really cannot call this the latest Plum Sykes, darlings, because this one goes back to about 2006, and Plum has not written anything since.  What I want to know is--why not???? Because, while this did not quite match "Bergdorf Blondes," it came damn close!  And I will say this--Lauren Weisberger had better watch out.  She may be a better prose stylist, but, after her 'Chateau Marmont' disaster, if Plum keeps churning them out like this, she is going to be the go-to person on what to do, and where, in New York City.  Not Lauren.  So, Lauren, dear, you had better get your act together.

                                           The plot is really simple.  It follows the excursions of Sylvie Mortimer, a newlywed, and some of her friends, like Lauren Blount, who are recently divorced, and carrying on like it is the greatest thing in the world!  Meanwhile, there is this vixen--tramp is more like it!!!!!---named Sophia D'Arlan, who is no Sophie McDonald, from "The Razor's Edge," but who causes so much misery here, she almost deserves all that befalls Sophie in the other book.  Of course, this being a confection of a book, things end happily--the girls learn their lesson that marriage is better than divorce, and they all end up that way, and
reasonably happy. La-dee-dah!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                           All of this is enjoyable enough, but this is not the reason to read one of these types of books.  There aren't many writers of this type of fiction who can write as well as Plum Sykes, so that is a start.  Especially, after wading through 'Chateau Marmont,' all I learned from the generally reliable Lauren was the importance of a good night cream!  I could have discovered that at my pharmacy, darling!!!!!!!!!!

                                            The lessons Plum imparts in this book are many and varied.  Consider:

                                             1. Barbados Airport is one of the social high spots in the world. You
                                                 simply cannot be seen, without having been seen there!!!!!!!!

                                             2. There are few greater places for happiness on Earth than
                                                 Larousse's Patisserie, in Paris!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                             3. There are few greater places for comfort than the banquettes
                                                  at the Cafe Carlyle!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                              4. You cannot have a wedding rehearsal dinner gown that does
                                                   not have Lesage lace in it!!!!!!!!!

                                              5.  The only place to stay in, at the St. Regis, is the Pucci
                                                    Suite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                               6.  It takes some Belgian truffles from the Chocolate Bar to
                                                    beat back depression!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                 And finally--

                                                 Did you know Klonopin is known as the "gay man's Valium?"  That is right, darlings, which makes sense, insofar as I am on it!  In fact, I started on it, when this book first appeared, around 2006!!!!!!  What it does for sleep at night!  It might have been able to knock out Judy Garland!!!!!!
Well, maybe more than one, anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                  But, I am telling you, Plum's book is fascinating!  I cannot wait to get fitted
for my rehearsal dinner gown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Which will have Lesage lace!!!!!!!!!! But who will design it??????????

                                                   How about Christian Delacroix, dolls???????????????????