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| View Larger Image | Everyone Worth Knowing
by Lauren Weisberger
| | List Price: | $23.95 | | Price: | $19.16 | | You Save: | $4.79 (20%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 320680 | | Studio: | Simon & Schuster | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 384 | | Publication Date: | October 04, 2005 | | Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
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"An irresistible tale about what happens when a girl on the fringe enters the realm of New York's chic, party-hopping elite. On paper, Bette Robinson's life is good. At twenty-six, she's got a great deal on an apartment in Manhattan, and she's on target to become an associate at the prestigious investment bank where she works with her best friend. Her eighty-hour workweeks might keep her from socializing or dating outside her office walls -- but she's paying her dues on the well-trod path to wealth and happiness. So when Bette quits her job like the impulsive girl she's never been, she not only shocks her friends and family -- she has no idea what to do next. For months, Bette gets out and about by walking her four-pound dog around her decidedly unglamorous Murray Hill neighborhood. Then she meets Kelly, head of Manhattan's hottest PR and events planning firm, and suddenly Bette has a brand-new job where the primary requirement is to see and be seen. The work at Kelly & Company takes Bette inside the VIP rooms of the city's most exclusive nightclubs, to parties crowded with celebrities and socialites. Bette learns not to blink at the famous faces, the black Amex cards, the magnums of Cristal, or the ruthless paparazzi. Soon she's dating an infamous playboy who's great for her career but bad for her sanity -- and scaring off the one decent guy she meets. Still, as her coworkers repeatedly point out, how can you complain about a job that pays you to party? Bette has to agree -- until she begins appearing in a vicious new gossip column. That's when Bette's life on paper takes on a whole new meaning -- and she learns the line between her personal and professional lives is...invisible. " |
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Lauren Weisberger, whose bestselling debut The Devil Wears Prada outed the vicious antics of the magazine industry elite, is back at it with Everyone Worth Knowing, another cautionary tale of sex, power, and fame. This time around, the PR industry is her target, and Prada fans will recognize similar themes throughout this entertaining, if at times overly dramatic, exposé. Bette Robinson is a twentysomething Emory graduate who shunned her parents' hippie ideals in favor of a high-paying yet excruciatingly boring job at a prestigious investment bank. One day, after a particularly condescending exchange with her boss (who sends her daily inspirational e-mails), Bette walks out on her job in a huff. After a few weeks of sleeping late, watching Dr. Phil and entertaining her dog Millington, Bette's uncle scores her a job at an up-and-coming public relations firm, where her entire job seems to revolve around staying out late partying and providing fodder for clandestine gossip columns. What follows is one episode after another of Bette climbing up the social ladder at the expense of her friends, family, and the one guy who actually seems worth pursuing. Weisberger is clever enough to turn seemingly outrageous circumstances into amusing anecdotes, like the tale of a woman who was close to suicide until she found out she was only 18 months away from scoring a highly coveted Birkin bag ("You simply cannot kill yourself when you're that close ... it's just not an option."). This wit, combined a hint of voyeurism that most of us can't deny, is what makes Everyone Worth Knowing a guilty pleasure that's well worth the indulgence. --Gisele Toueg
The Significant Seven with Lauren Weisberger
Lauren graciously agreed to answer the questions we like to ask every author.
Q: What book has had the most significant impact on your life?
A: Very tough question. For the first half of my life, it would definitely have to be Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume. I worshipped that book. Recently, I'd say that it was Empire Falls by Richard Russo. Even though there's not a tremendous amount of action, the characters are brilliant. It's a hauntingly realistic depiction of small-town America. And the place descriptions are so compelling that the book is compulsively page-turning.
Q: You are stranded on a desert island with only one book, one CD, and one DVD--what are they?
A: This is not the time for self-improvement, that's for sure--they'd all have to be 100% entertainment. For book it would have to be The Last of the California Girls, a random novel that I've read 2,000 times; for CD I would say Monster Ballads, the album of cheesy 80's love songs that I ordered from an 800-number, and for DVD, it would be Dirty Dancing, of course.
Q: What is the worst lie you've ever told?
A: That one's easy. It goes something like this: "Hi, (insert editor's name here)! Yes, of course, it's already finished. I'm just tweaking a few sentences, and I'll have the whole draft to you by Monday, latest."
Q: Describe the perfect writing environment.
A: For me, the best writing environments are all about deprivation and the removal of temptation. Therefore, anywhere on earth where there's no TV, no phone, no internet access, no friends, and no fridge is pretty much perfect.
Q: If you could write your own epitaph, what would it say?
A: I really don't want to think about this one, but if I HAVE to, I hope it would include a few keywords like "brilliant," "supremely talented," and "drop-dead gorgeous."
Q: Who is the one person living or dead that you would like to have dinner with?
A: I'm supposed to say Hemingway or Moses or Madonna, right? It'd probably just be my sister, Dana. We already have a lot of dinners together, so I know it's a guaranteed good laugh.
Q: If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
A: The ability to be invisible! It would make all my current spying/stalking/staring SO much easier.
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 191 reviews)
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Very entertaining 
I realy enjoyed this book. It was very entertaining and exciting to read how Bette's love life and career took a 180 degree turn to the wild and crazy. I can't wait to read the next book by Lauren!
August 02, 2008 | |
Acceptable decent 2nd book 
I got this book for $5.00 brand new in the bargain bin on AMZ. I will be honest that i purchased this because Lauren wrote The Devil Wears Prada. The movie was enjoyable but not as good as Working Girl. Anyways the book itself wasn't that great. It was all over the place and it's understandable since she is a 1st time writer. So i decided to give this book a chance because it was soooo CHEAP and it was a brand new hardcover edition. I don't do paperbacks. Anyways, as any writer or reader knows you improve as a writer the more you write. So i was under the impression that Lauren had improved and she has. The book for the most part was enjoyable and decent. I found this to be better then Lipstick Jungle which was just a word fest mess.
July 31, 2008 | |
Good not Great...
This book was good and entertaining. There were some good parts, but I felt that the beginning dragged out longer than needed. No rave from me.
July 25, 2008 | |
A Book Worth Reading... 
This was definitely just a fun book to read. I didn't want to put it down because I was anxious to see what happened next. The only thing I was sad about was that it ended! Bette has to go from one extreme to the other with her job to really find out a little more about who she is and what she wants to do. As a person who is in her twenties, I definitely related to this. If you want a light, fun read with a few laughs, i recommend this book.
July 11, 2008 | |
Delicious fun read
It's a paperback. It is a book of a girl rediscovering herself in NYC, the world's most glamorous city. It is cheesy in spots and it is very predictable but it is fun. It is lighthearted. It is perfect for that summer getaway even if you're not going any further than your back yard. When life gets you down, this book is fun to read and a guarantee that you will escape reality for a few hours.
Ok, if I like it so much, then why did I give it a three star? The last half of the book, especially the last few chapters, set off a tone of being rushed to the end. It was going strong till then and it just petered out without answering some of the questions that I had about Elisa, Bette's (the main character) colleague and about what happened to the snarky tabloid reporter who wrote so disparagingly about Bette and her so-called relationship with the hottest guy in NYC. And there was nothing more said about the guy. There were quite a few unfinished wrap-ups in this book that made me wonder why it was even this long to begin with.
Other than that, it is a fun read and perfect for summer. If you like reading about parties and celebrities, this book is for you. It is not as lavish as her other book, "The Devil Wears Prada" but it is just as much fun and this character is a lot more likable. I definitely enjoy her repartee with her uncle and his partner (even if I deplore his political statements). All in all, it is just a delicious summer read.
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