Title: Super in the City Author: Daphne Uviller
Date: 2009
In the wake of the former superintendant's arrest, Zephyr Zuckerman finds herself in charge of the Greenwhich Village building she has occupied her entire life. At 27, Zephyr still hasn't decided what she wants to do when she grows up, but she has no difficulty concocting ambitious, albeit far fetched, plans for herself. Zephyr's new job as super is her first foray into true responsibility and sets her life into motion, even if it isn't as exciting as she imagined.
I was expecting the book to be more of a more mystery, but with the exception of a sub-plot involving an exotic French neighbor, the story is largely about Zephyr (and her potential boyfriend and her girlfriends and their potential boyfriends). I don't usually enjoy novels in the "chick lit" genre, but I liked this book as a bit of escapist fun. Zephyr and her friends were witty, self-deprecating, and had lives that were comprised of more than their dates and fashion choices.
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