In the Drink

In this compassionate, wise, and comical debut, Kate Christensen gives an engaging and authentic voice to a new generation of single urban women.

Claudia Steiner never intended for her life to become such a disaster. At the age of twenty-nine she finds herself serving as secretary to an insane, aging socialite who barks orders from her toilet, specializes in devastating backhanded remarks, and expects Claudia to ghostwrite her best-selling novels. Her job pays enough to keep her in overpriced cocktails, cabs, and take-out but doesn't cover the rent on her roach-infested apartment or keep her creditors at bay. Her romantic prospects are no better. She's hopelessly in love with her best friend, a corporate lawyer who may or may not be gay, and she's still relentlessly pursued by her ex-lover, a married unpublished epic poet. All Claudia can rely on--aside from her wry sense of humor and her faith in the medicinal properties of whiskey--is a persistent little flame of belief in herself, which gives her the glimmer of a chance for a happy ending.

Author: Kate Christensen
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 08/01/2000
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.23w x 0.66d
ISBN: 9780385720212

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 07/30/2000 pg. 24

About the Author
Kate Christensen lives in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.