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A movie exec, a fashion designer and editor-in-chief of a popular magazine juggle their career ambitions with their personal lives.
Former child star and teen model Cat McAllister tries to prevent her slide into obscurity by throwing herself a fabulous fourth annual 25th birthday party and trying to trap a wealthy bachelor to help her with her ever-increasing financial difficulties.
Fielding, Helen. Bridget Jones’s Diary
In the book that launched the chick lit genre, we meet Bridget, a British thirty-something singleton who records her hopes, dreams, and highly entertaining daily life along with accompanying statistics on weight loss and gain, and the wildly fluctuating number of cigarettes, alcohol units, and calories consumed daily.
Green, Jane. Jemima J.
Jemima Jones is overweight, single, and alone. Her roommates treat her like a maid and the colleague she fantasizes about is totally out of her league. Turning to the internet, she meets a fantastic – and geographically distant – man who only knows her as the slim, gym-obsessed girl she tells him he is. But when he invites her to California, she is faced with the difficult hurdle of living up to the image of herself that she has created.
A former airline stewardess marries a billionaire and tries to adjust to Park Avenue life. In Wolves in Chic Clothing two socialites decide to make over a jewelry salesgirl to fit in with their crowd. Both novels poke fun at rich elite.
Keyes, Marian. Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
At least that’s what a local psychic told her, but Lucy doesn’t even have a boyfriend. When the psychic’s predictions for her friends come true, Lucy is convinced that, as predicted, she will wed within the year. But the identity of the groom remains a mystery (at least to her) until the very end of this witty and humorous novel.
Set in the world of upper East Side families, this hilarious look at the experiences of nannies to the rich and demanding is different from the fashion novels in setting, but still contains a fashionable villain and an unjustly treated heroine.
Mlynowski, Sarah. Fishbowl
Allie, Jodine, and Emma are very different people determined to live together successfully as roommates. After they accidentally burn down their kitchen they are challenged to creatively fundraise for the repairs, including throwing parties at local bars and offering seminars to men on how to successfully pick up women. Although all three are dealing with troubled romances, the story focuses on their relationships with each other.
Sykes, Plum. Bergdorf Blondes
Superficial, materialistic heiresses search for potential husbands when they notice that their engaged friends develop glowing skin that the highest-priced skin products can’t replicate.
Weiner, Jennifer. Good in Bed
“Loving a larger woman is an act of courage in our world.” Until she read his column in a popular women’s magazine, Cannie Shapiro didn’t realize that her ex-boyfriend thought of her, or their relationship, as at all out of the ordinary. These humiliating public revelations trigger a change in Cannie, who struggles with her weight and childhood demons as she transforms into a strong woman comfortable with her place in the world.
Consistently smart, funny and genuine, Cannie is an appealing character in this first of Weiner’s witty and enjoyable novels.
From the author of The Devil Wears Prada. Twenty-six-year-old investment banker Bette quits her job and ends up working at a PR and events planning firm, partying with celebrities at exclusive nightclubs. But Bette begins alienating friends and family and when her name starts appearing in a gossip column she starts questioning her recent choices.