In this, her fifth novel, Candace Bushnell traces the lives and loves of the aspirational sophisticates in New York City. Using one of the trendiest areas of Manhattan_known as the gold coast_as a backdrop, the bestselling author tells the stories of five women all living in the same swanky downtown Manhattan apartment building. One Fifth Avenue is The Building_the chicest, the hottest, the best pedigree, with all the most interesting people. It´s the One to Get Into. Within its thick, pre-war walls, the lives of New York City´s elite play out.