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Click here to read a terrific article in today's New York Times about Julie Metz and her now bestselling memoir, Perfection.

Here is the rest of our recent chat with bestselling author Candace Bushnell about her latest book, One Fifth Avenue, now available in paperback:

Voice: What was the writing process like this time around with all that you had going on, executive-producing the NBC-TV television series Lipstick Jungle and dealing with the huge success of the Sex and the City film?

Candace Bushnell: At times it was a little scary. At first I tried to write in the mornings and work on Lipstick Jungle, the TV show, in the afternoons, but it didn’t quite work out, as the TV day often begins at six A.M. Then I decided to split up my week—working on the show two or three days, and the novel for the rest of the week. But finally, as I was getting close to my deadline, I had to put the show aside and concentrate only on the novel.

Amazingly enough, Julie Metz's Perfection is made of the stuff of fiction, but the story she tells is incredibly, achingly real. You have to read this memoir. First, check out the below video: