false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg 196842 4 When Rona Jaffe's superb page-turner was first published in 1958, it changed contemporary fiction forever. Some readers were shocked, but millions more were electrified when they saw themselves reflected in its story of five young employees of a New York publishing company. Almost sixty years later, <I>The Best of Everything</I> remains touchingly&#151;and sometimes hilariously&#151;true to the personal and professional struggles women face in the city. There's Ivy League Caroline, who dreams of graduating from the typing pool to an editor's office; naïve country girl April, who within months of hitting town reinvents herself as the woman every man wants on his arm; and Gregg, the free-spirited actress with a secret yearning for domesticity. Jaffe follows their adventures with intelligence, sympathy, and prose as sharp as a paper cut. 190388 1958 The Best of Everything total:358|5:82|4:133|3:110|2:26|1:7| 358 1331 568 91 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 5 2 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 09:27:05 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 10:07:30 -0700 2007
I am shocked this was written in the 50's. I am also annoyed I did not read this book when I li...more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 3 1 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 10 21:29:48 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 08:35:29 -0800 2007 The Best of Everything is now "a sociological document," and it is certainly that: a pre-feminist era look at career girls (typists, editors, and actresses) in New York. I found myself fascinated by...more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 2 0 false Tue Feb 24 07:29:15 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 07:34:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 0 0 false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 14:11:14 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 14:17:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 4 0 false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 18:09:26 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 18:19:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 4 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 17:27:59 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 17:30:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 5 0 false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 13:07:24 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 13:18:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 4 0 true Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 09:49:56 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 10:46:12 -0700 2009
But what I immediately liked about th...more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 1 1 false Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 11:32:08 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 11:09:43 -0700 2008
In her 2005 foreword, Rona Jaffe said: "I was so proud of the fact that my publisher made no revisions except for grammar and spelling.... The book was published less than a year after I left my parents, ...more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 5 0 false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 15:31:11 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 15:41:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 4 1 false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Sep 05 08:19:21 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 03 11:29:39 -0800 2009 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 5 0 false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 15:29:44 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 18:16:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 4 0 false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 14:20:46 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 15:00:51 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 4 0 false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 16:50:55 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 12:07:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 3 1 false Wed Mar 21 19:15:45 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 24 06:58:48 -0700 2007 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 3 0 false Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 13 07:40:29 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 06 08:39:12 -0800 2008
That said, this was one of the first books I've come across in a long time in whic...more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 3 0 false Mon Oct 27 14:09:10 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 14:38:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 4 0 false Fri Jul 31 15:22:03 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 11:47:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 2 0 false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 18:46:25 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 05:37:51 -0700 2009
I did enjoy the following th...more...]]> 196842 0143035290 9780143035299 355 90 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172602932m/196842.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196842.The_Best_of_Everything 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 13 16:25:29 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 11 14:17:57 -0800 2008
Oh sure, today you wouldn't find alcohol (much) or smoking in the office and sexual harassment is a big no-no. But not every woman in 1950's New York City wanted early marriage (or even any marriage) as society dictated back then, just...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=196842