It's Manhattan, on the coldest night of the year and six best friends are rushing to celebrate a festive evening... They are all eager to see the guest of honour, Claire, who vanished after becoming pregnant by a glorious one night stand. Is she misguided or inspired? The debate rages. How can modern working women triumph in such trying times? 'Both a marvellous exploration of being female, single and a New Yorker, and an antidote to the shiny, Jimmy Choo, world of Carrie Bradshaw ... it's so darned readable'