Here Kitty Kitty, Jardine Libaire
Here Kitty Kitty, Jardine Libaire
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Here Kitty Kitty

Author: Jardine Libaire

Narrator: Reba Buhr

Unabridged: 5 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/05/2018

Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Women


Synopsis

Lee is at a tender and dangerous breaking point: she's not a kid anymore but still acting like one. She wants to be an artist, but her rent-paying SoHo restaurant job has taken over, and the late nights at strip clubs and afterhours joints have gone from joyful and crazy to just plain crazy. She's not alone among the chaotic souls of late-90s Williamsburg, Brooklyn—we root for her to grow up but she avoids reality, burying her fears in vintage Dior dresses, bad cocaine, cheeseburgers, and whiskey.

Things slide downhill when she accepts money from her older boyfriend Yves, something she swore she'd never do, until she was being evicted. Meanwhile, Kelly—a new bartender with homemade tattoos and a murky past—shows up on the scene.

Lee can be both narcissistic and earnest as she leads us through dark, glittering underworlds of New York City. Libaire's voice, like her heroine, is tough, elegant, and full of dreams. Here Kitty Kitty is an unforgettably vivid portrait of a woman finding her way at the turn of the twenty-first century.

About Jardine Libaire

Jardine Libaire is a graduate of Skidmore College and the University of Michigan MFA program. She lives in Austin, Texas.


Reviews

i have a weird obsession with this book. i read it. liked it okay. put it down. went on with my life. but it won't leave my psyche! it haunts me for no discernible reason.......more

Goodreads review by Mary

I thought Libaire's writing style was addicting in it's own. I loved her perception of NYC. I really felt as if I were in the Big Apple myself. There was no sugar coating in this book. I liked it's raw beauty but at the same time I also, was tired of the main character, Lee. She was truly draining,......more

Goodreads review by Marshal

I'm so glad this book has finally come to an end. I don't know why I even bothered finishing it. I honestly felt like I only wasted my time. I expected a little more because the blurb really made it sound interesting and Bourdain even praised this but oh well we do get disappointed. Halfway and I wa......more

Goodreads review by Michele

Did you ever screw a guy for money? Did you ever drink yourself into oblivion because New York has a way of beating the living hell out of you? Have you snorted cocaine off the back of a toilet seat after spending a night out dancing and having sex with nameless rich guys? Then this book is for you!......more