Book description
The fall from the top can be a long one…
Eager to play the part of dutiful wife, down-to-earth Marcy Ermerson
agrees to relocate from Chicago to New York City when her husband is
offered a big-time job managing a hedge fund. Leaving behind her own
dreams, Marcy forgoes finding a new job in favour of trying to start a
family. Besides, as she soon discovers, hedge fund wives don't work,
they play. Hard.…
Although at first it's fun to shop and party, Marcy quickly realizes
that to find her feet in this new world of excess and superficiality she
needs true friends. Only problem is behind every smile lurks a stab in
the back.
But it's not until her suddenly social climbing husband abruptly leaves
her for his thinner, blonder mistress, that Marcy decides it's time to
stand on her own two feet and fight for the things that are far more
important than money.
In the throes of the credit crunch, this tantalising tale is perfect
for fans of Sex and the City and The Devil Wears Prada who still want a
bit of bling for their buck. 'In this salacious, delightful tale of
New York movers and shakers, Boncompagni animates her rich, glamorous,
scandalous creatures with a keen eye and irresistible energy…Readers
fascinated by Upper East Side life will be mesmerized by Boncompagni's
sparkling depiction and may have to fight the temptation to read it all
in one sitting.' Publishers Weekly
'A real-life New York socialite, Boncompagni knows her subject
intimately. She can slip readers into a pair of high-heel Christian
Louboutins and through the doors of a hedgie home themed in Chinese
antiquities. Seeing how the moneyed set lives offers a funny - and
sometimes sobering - look at people hogtied by their own wealth….'
Washington Post Tatiana is a New York City-based writer. Her articles
on beauty, fashion, shopping and social trends have appeared in the New
York Times, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, InStyle, Cookie
and Vogue.
Before becoming a freelance journalist in 2003, she worked for American
Lawyer magazine in New York, the Legal Times in Washington D. C. and The
Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels. She is married and has two
children.
