Life of Bougie could be described as a combination of the writing styles of Erma Bombeck and Terry McMillan. This book should be read by anyone who is curious about New York life.
Tina West is a gossip columnist/writer who feels most of her experiences are based on two levels of interaction in the world: her identity as a black woman and her identity as an upper-middle class society woman. Sometimes those identities coexist peacefully and at other times, they are at odds in terms of society's reaction to her. Her family is made up of a group of ultraconservative, affluent professionals who can’t understand why Tina would leave her lucrative "real" career to become what they call a bohemian writer. This book deals with her childhood, her first jobs, and her rise to become a celebrity/well-known gossip columnist and writer.
