A Lady's Guide to Selling Out
eBook - ePub

A Lady's Guide to Selling Out

A Novel

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Lady's Guide to Selling Out

A Novel

About this book

With “elements of The Bold Type, Mad Men, and The Devil Wears Prada” (Entertainment Weekly), a young woman navigates a tricky twenty-first-century career—and the trickier question of who she wants to be—in this savagely wise debut novel.

At 28, Casey Pendergast is not where she thought she’d be. Sure, she’s killing it at her high-paying advertising job, but when she thinks about the idealistic English major she used to be, she can’t help the nagging feeling that perhaps her best friend Susan is right – Casey is a sellout who’s traded her dreams for a high-rise condominium, expense account, and designer handbags.

When her boss assigns her to a lucrative new campaign to lure acclaimed authors into becoming content creators for corporations, Casey doubts that her literary idols will buy into this particular brand of capitalism. But determined to give it her best shot, she begins her trek across America, only to find herself stunned by how easily these writers agree to compromise their work and integrity in exchange for some extra cash. As she grapples with her own conscience, and falls in love with one of the authors she’s courting, Casey begins to question just how much she’s willing to sacrifice to chase material success.

A witty and razor-sharp coming of age story perfect for our time, A Lady’s Guide to Selling Out is a winning debut novel about a young woman navigating career, love, and friendships, all while redefining success on her own terms and figuring out who she really wants to be.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. 1. Brands, Brands, Brands!
  6. 2. Personal Brands
  7. 3. The Blue Ocean
  8. 4. Boys, Boys, Boys!
  9. 5. Angels and Demons
  10. 6. Game of Brooklyn
  11. 7. Capital Pickle
  12. 8. Love in the Time of Montage
  13. 9. When the Going Gets Tough
  14. 10. Containment: Impossible
  15. 11. What Happens in Vegas
  16. 12. . . . Doesn’t Stay in Vegas
  17. 13. The House of Dearth
  18. 14. A (Green) Room of One’s Own
  19. 15. A Lady’s Guide to Literature
  20. Acknowledgments
  21. About Mariner Books
  22. About the Author
  23. Praise for A Lady’s Guide to Selling Out
  24. Copyright
  25. About the Publisher