Tabloid Love.

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Author: Messer, Lesley

At a time when writers' memoirs are under suspicion, Harrison's tale of life and love in the Big Apple seems bracingly unambitious. Although she's a real-life Carrie Bradshaw who writes a dating column for the New York Post, Harrison doesn't attempt to make her life seem more glam than it really is. She admits that her designer clothes are a friend's cast-offs and describes her romantic screwups without embarrassment. She is also open about how desperately she seeks companionship after moving to Manhattan without knowing a soul. Harrison rambles at times, leaving one to wonder when she's going to make her point, but she maintains a sense of humor that renders her deeply likable. And her tone is so breezy that she seems like a friend dishing about her love life. By the end, it's hard not to hope that she gets everything she wants: literary stardom, the gorgeous apartment, the equally gorgeous boyfriend-and more. [3 stars]

PHOTO (COLOR): Bridget Harrison: A dating columnist's true confessions.

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Reviewed by Lesley Messer