Emily Ever After: A Novel
Jun 2005 · Sold by Crown
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In this “wickedly funny” (Publishers Weekly) romance, a quirky and quick-witted girl moves to Manhattan and holds on for dear life.
“A refreshing entry in chick lit. It’s all there . . . but there’s a new twist: a set of solid morals.”—Women’s Lifestyle
Emily Hinton needs out. She comes from a small town in California where the church handbell choir concert passes for a decent way to spend a Saturday and she’s known all the boys since kindergarten. She dreams of sophisticated people, love, and Louis Vuitton. When she lands a job at the world-famous publishing house Morrow & Sons in New York, she knows that she is finally on her way. She packs her bags, says goodbye, and sets out for Manhattan, where she will fit in, even if it kills her.
In spite of her naïveté, she quickly becomes friends with the girls at work and begins to learn a thing or two about how things are done in Manhattan. She soon attracts the attention of the handsome Bennett and is swept into a whirlwind romance, but an overnight visit to his parents’ home at Thanksgiving and his seemingly idle flirtations with one of her colleagues give her second thoughts about what Bennett really wants. Her uncertainty about her feelings escalates when one of the hometown boys she left behind reappears in her life. Emily’s days at the office are also becoming complicated: an ambitious editor is breaking all the rules to publish a controversial book that demeans everything she believes in. Will she stand up for what she knows is right and risk losing it all?
Balancing her passion for the glamour of New York City with her determination to live by her morals turns out to be much more difficult than Emily ever imagined. Her quest for happiness will endear her to anyone who has ever dreamed of making it big and faced more than a few pitfalls along the way.
“A refreshing entry in chick lit. It’s all there . . . but there’s a new twist: a set of solid morals.”—Women’s Lifestyle
Emily Hinton needs out. She comes from a small town in California where the church handbell choir concert passes for a decent way to spend a Saturday and she’s known all the boys since kindergarten. She dreams of sophisticated people, love, and Louis Vuitton. When she lands a job at the world-famous publishing house Morrow & Sons in New York, she knows that she is finally on her way. She packs her bags, says goodbye, and sets out for Manhattan, where she will fit in, even if it kills her.
In spite of her naïveté, she quickly becomes friends with the girls at work and begins to learn a thing or two about how things are done in Manhattan. She soon attracts the attention of the handsome Bennett and is swept into a whirlwind romance, but an overnight visit to his parents’ home at Thanksgiving and his seemingly idle flirtations with one of her colleagues give her second thoughts about what Bennett really wants. Her uncertainty about her feelings escalates when one of the hometown boys she left behind reappears in her life. Emily’s days at the office are also becoming complicated: an ambitious editor is breaking all the rules to publish a controversial book that demeans everything she believes in. Will she stand up for what she knows is right and risk losing it all?
Balancing her passion for the glamour of New York City with her determination to live by her morals turns out to be much more difficult than Emily ever imagined. Her quest for happiness will endear her to anyone who has ever dreamed of making it big and faced more than a few pitfalls along the way.
In this “wickedly funny” (Publishers Weekly) romance, a quirky and quick-witted girl moves to Manhattan and holds on for dear life.
“A refreshing entry in chick lit. It’s all there . . . but there’s a new twist: a set of solid morals.”—Women’s Lifestyle
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May Vanderbilt and Anne Dayton were hired at nearly the same time as editors for Broadway in New York. Fast friends, they bonded over their efforts to blend a love for the city with a life of faith. May holds a Master’s degree in Fiction from John Hopkins University and a B.A. in English from Baylor University. Anne Dayton is earning her M.A. in English Literature at New York University and has a B.A. in English from Princeton. Both live in Brooklyn.
May Vanderbilt and Anne Dayton were hired at nearly the same time as editors for Broadway in New York. Fast friends, they bonded over their efforts to blend a love for the city with a life of faith. May holds a Master’s degree in Fiction from John Hopkins University and a B.A. in English from Bay...
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