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You might know the name Meg Cabot from the Princess Diaries series but this book is nothing like Princess Diaries. It centers around Kate who is working as an HR rrep for a New York Newspaper called The Journal. She has a horrible boss and works with her best friend Jen. Her boss Amy asks her to fire the most popular person at the Newspaper Ida (the desserts cart lady). Ida refuses to serves desserts to people she thinks doesnot deserve them (mainly Amy's boyfriend Stuart who is also cheif legal
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This was listed as recommended reading in the chicklit genre, which I haven't read a lot in, but I did love Bridget Jones Diary, the template for this sort of fiction. Like that book, this is about life, love and career from a female point of view in a contemporary urban setting, in this case New York City. Also like Bridget Jones it's fluffy and light, and in an unconventional narrative structure.
The book opens with a draft business letter, complete with strike outs, by twenty-something Kate M ...more
The book opens with a draft business letter, complete with strike outs, by twenty-something Kate M ...more
I think this was the first book I ever read by Meg Cabot and I really liked it. She tells the story all in email, post its, interoffice memo etc. Really cute and fun.
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