In ‘Everyone Worth Knowing’, Bette Robinson quits her hellish, but stable and respectable Manhattan banking job without a game plan. After moping around for weeks feeling sorry for her newly unemployed self, her eccentric uncle Will decides it’s time to light a fire under Bette and get her back to work. He suggests she go to work for his friend Kelly, who just happens to be the head of Manhattan’s hottest public relations firm…and coincidently owes Will a favour. Her new job has Bette out all night, every day of the week at the hottest parties and night clubs, where she rubs elbows with Manhattan’s celebrities and lands a famous boyfriend…which in turn, lands her in the gossip columns.
Bette goes from being the ‘new girl’ at Kelly’s PR to the next ‘it girl’ in a matter of weeks and she suddenly finds herself on the fast track to personal and professional train wreck. Reminiscent of that other Weisberger novel.
‘Everyone Worth Knowing’ is a good second attempt from Weisberger and is an entertaining read. It does tend to follow a ‘the Devil Wears Prada’ pattern; good girl lands glamorous job, girl chooses to be true to the job at the risk of her own morals and values, girl has to choose between glamorous job and being true to herself.
This book looses points with me for enforcing the stereotypical representations of public relations as an industry. I happen to know first hand that it isn’t all glitz, glamour and manipulation.
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‘Everyone Worth Knowing’ is written by Lauren Weisberger. For more information on the author or her books, check out her website.
I can’t believe another Monday has come and gone. This past weekend, my boyfriend and I had an absolute blast at my good friend’s engagement party. They’re a gorgeous couple inside and out and I wish them all the best! Next up, I’ll be reviewing ‘Family Baggage’ by Monica McInerney.
Cheers for chick-lit and good champagne!
2 comments:
Looking forward to comments re: Going Home...a friend recommends it...do I want to spend the $$
'Going Home' is a decent read. It's a little slow to get into it, but it has the right mix of what you'd look for in a chick lit book.
Harriet Evans has another book 'Hopeless Romantic' which I preferred to 'Going Home'.
It's good if you're into British authors, and I found it hit the nail on the head when it comes to returning home to the house you grew up in.
Now whether or not it's worth the money? Well, I bought it second hand...
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