Emily Ever After
Paperback 2005-06-07
A quirky and quick-witted girl moves to Manhattan and holds on for dear life.
Emily Hinton needs out. She comes from a small town in California where the church handbell concert is a typical 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 good-bye and sets out for Manhattan, where she will fit in, even if it kills her.
In spite of her naivete, 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 gives her second thoughts about what he 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 Christian morals turns out to be much more difficult that Emily ever imagine. Her roundabout quest for happiness will endear her to anyone who has ever dreamed of making it big and has faced more than a few pitfalls along the way.
- Publisher.
Publisher Description
A young woman heads to the city for her dream job as New York editor in this contemporary retelling of the story of Esther. ?When Emily Hinton, a quirky and quick-witted Southern California girl, lands a job at the world-famous publishing house Morrow & Sons, she decides that she is moving to New York to find love and Louis Vuitton, no matter what her friends and family think. ?Once in the city, however, Emily finds that in the highly secular world of a young Manhattanite, it's anything but easy to balance her passion for New York's glitz and glamour with her determination to live out her faith. ?Eventually, the crisis comes to a head when Emily takes a stand for her faith, risking in the process her beloved job. Readers of CBA fiction, as well as general audience readers of contemporary women's fiction like "Bridget Jones's Diary, " will enjoy watching Emily trade in her Nikes for Prada in this funny and fabulous, modern retelling of the story of Esther.
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A quirky and quick-witted girl moves to Manhattan and holds on for dear life.
Emily Hinton needs out. She comes from a small town in California where the church handbell concert is a typical 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 good-bye and sets out for Manhattan, where she will fit in, even if it kills her.
In spite of her naivete, 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 gives her second thoughts about what he 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 Christian morals turns out to be much more difficult that Emily ever imagine. Her roundabout quest for happiness will endear her to anyone who has ever dreamed of making it big and has faced more than a few pitfalls along the way.
- Publisher.
Publisher Description
A young woman heads to the city for her dream job as New York editor in this contemporary retelling of the story of Esther. ?When Emily Hinton, a quirky and quick-witted Southern California girl, lands a job at the world-famous publishing house Morrow & Sons, she decides that she is moving to New York to find love and Louis Vuitton, no matter what her friends and family think. ?Once in the city, however, Emily finds that in the highly secular world of a young Manhattanite, it's anything but easy to balance her passion for New York's glitz and glamour with her determination to live out her faith. ?Eventually, the crisis comes to a head when Emily takes a stand for her faith, risking in the process her beloved job. Readers of CBA fiction, as well as general audience readers of contemporary women's fiction like "Bridget Jones's Diary, " will enjoy watching Emily trade in her Nikes for Prada in this funny and fabulous, modern retelling of the story of Esther.