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Hotties Hate Marriage in Prospect Park West

Get ready to meet the scheming gals of Prospect Park West

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(Newser) – Kudos to Carrie Bradshaw for seeking sex in the city, because marriage in the city apparently stinks, Annie Karni writes in the New York Post. Author Amy Sohn’s dark new tome about marriage and motherhood, Prospect Park West, is garnering praise as the next Sex and the City, following the story of four thirtysomething Brooklynites who bitterly try not to hate motherhood. HBO and Sarah Jessica Parker have already snapped up the rights.

There's no bonding over martinis for these gals, all trapped in loveless marriages. They prefer to seduce each other's husbands, resent their own children, and resort to blackmail and theft. “The one thing that ties them together is a hatred of domesticity and motherhood,” Karni writes. “It makes you think that Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte made the right choice by staying single, childless, and in Manhattan for as long as possible.”

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This photo shows a scene from "Sex and the City: the Movie."   (AP Photo/Craig Blankenhorn, New Line Cinema)
This photo shows a scene from
This photo shows a scene from "Sex and the City: the Movie."   (AP Photo/New Line Cinema, Craig Blankenhorn)
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The moms in 'PPW' aren't even friends. When their paths do cross, they seduce each other, stalk each other or sleep with each other's husbands. None come out better for having met. - Annie Karni, the New York Post

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Deebles
Aug 23, 09 6:04 PM CDT
Sounds like Blackwater--wife swapping in NC--how come it's never called husband swapping? Blackmail and theft? Oh, they have that covered and Eric Prince the evangelical crusader getting rich off the government teat while he opposes health care reform? I bet he resents his children. I know my Army stuff and in 2001 this guy had nothing but Carrie's optimism and a seat at the "Family' table. Thanks to his connections he went from Warren Oates to Warren Buffet in eight years. Does that bother anyone? Hello? Anyone out there? His dinghy is bigger than our boat. OK off topic but does anyone care about Sex in the City? Reply
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DeniseVB
Aug 23, 09 6:19 PM CDT
Sounds like the Housewives of NYC meet Desperate Housewives.....should be fun :) Reply
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