Wor Carrie Bradshow mu mndandanda wa TV "Zojambula za Carrie" zidzakhazikikanso pa Kendes Bushnell Roman, yomwe imati afotokoze za achinyamata, "Wolemba adamfalitsa mu Epulo 2010. Kuphatikiza apo, monga buku la "kugonana mumzinda waukulu", kumachitika m'malo mwa munthu wamkulu. M'buku la Carrie, yemwe wafika wazaka zambiri m'ma 1980s, amafunsidwa ndi mafunso oyamba okhudza chikondi, kugonana, paubwenzi ndi mabanja, amafufuza dziko la sekondale ndi Manhattan. "Carri akusukulu sanatsatire khamulo, ndipo adatero wolemba. "Pa nthawiyo adayamba kuwona ndikunenanso za zomwe zikuchitika pagulu." Wotsogolera wa woyendetsa adzakhala Miguel Artieta ("Makasitomala nthawi zonse amakhala akufa"), ndi Stephanie Own ("Mafupa okongola" wazaka 14) adzasewera mlongo wazaka 14).
Mbiri "Kugonana mumzinda waukulu" kunali nyengo zisanu ndi chimodzi (kuyambira 1998 mpaka 2004) ndipo zidapambana. Analandira mayankho a 125 a mphotho zosiyanasiyana za mtsogoleri ndi mphotho zagolide ". Roman Kendes Bushnell adamasulidwa mu 1997 ndipo adalinso kudalinso katatu.