The Bell Jar

Explain the first line of the novel. What does it show about Esther and her experience in New York.
"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Roesnbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York." After reading chapters one and two this quote becomes more clear to me. I think the second part of this quote is the most important. Esther is in New York working and writing for magazines. I get the sense right of the bat that Esther isn't a New York type of girl. Esther also keeps saying that she wants to experience the real New York, this makes me think even more that Esther doesn't like her job or more the less, her coe-workers. Esther is going to a party with Doreen and they decide to go to a bar with some men they meet. Doreen ends up getting drunk. I believe that Esther isn't the party type, she doesn't know what kind of drink she should order and doesn't want to sound stupid ordering a drink. All of these ideas hint at Esther not liking New York very much.