![]() Through it all, Isa's bold, beguiling voice captures the precise thrill of cultivating a life of glamour and intrigue as she juggles paying her dues with skipping out on the bill. Money runs ever tighter and the strain tests their friendship as they try to convert their social capital into something more lasting. By night, they weave from Brooklyn to the Upper East Side among a rotating cast of celebrities, artists, and bad-mannered grifters. By day, Isa and her best friend, Gala, sell clothes in a market stall, pinching pennies for their Bed-Stuy sublet and bodega lunches. In her diary she chronicles her New York City adventure during the sweltering summer of 2013. Isa Epley is twenty-one years old and wise enough to understand that the purpose of life is the pursuit of pleasure. ![]() ![]() Refreshing and wry in equal measure, Happy Hour is an intoxicating novel of youth well spent. ![]() With the verve and bite of My Year of Rest and Relaxation and the wisecracking sensibility of a golden-age Hollywood heroine, Marlowe Granados's stunning début brilliantly captures a summer of striving in New York City. ![]()
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