Bitter Is The New Black

In 'Bitter Is The New Black' Jen Lancaster explores what it’s like to go from having a household income of almost a quarter of a million dollars to being evicted from a slum in less than two years. In the heady days of dot.com fortunes, Lancaster lived the high life to a fault—she had the perfect professional success, designer clothing specially selected by personal shoppers, standing reservations at the most premium tables in the most fashionable restaurants, and a luxurious penthouse loft in Chicago’s trendiest neighbourhood—but after the bubble burst she found herself unemployed and unemployable. This is the smart-mouthed, soul-searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she’s gone from six figures to unemployment cheques. She stops to reconsider some of the less than rosy attitudes and values she thought she’d never have to answer for when times were good. Eventually she discovers she is not the sum of her Prada parts. Filled with caustic wit this is a rollicking read as speedy and unpredictable as the trajectory of a burst balloon.