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A Lady's Guide to Selling Out
A Lady's Guide to Selling Out: A Novel | Sally Franson
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A brilliant young woman navigates a tricky twenty-first-century careerand the trickier question of who she wants to bein this savagely wise debut novel in the tradition of The Devil Wears Prada. Casey Pendergast is losing her way. Once a book-loving English major, Casey lands a job at a top ad agency that highly values her ability to tell a good story. Her best friend thinks shes a sellout, but Casey tells herself that shes just paying the billsand she cant help that she has champagne taste. When her hard-to-please boss assigns her to a top-secret campaign that pairs literary authors with corporations hungry for upmarket cachet, Casey is both excited and skeptical. But as she crisscrosses America, wooing her former idols, shes shocked at how quickly they compromise their integrity: A short-story writer leaves academia to craft campaigns for a plus-size clothing chain, a reclusive nature writer signs away her lifes work to a manufacturer of granola bars. When she falls in love with one of her authors, Casey can no longer ignore her own nagging doubts about the human cost of her success. By the time the years biggest book festival rolls around in Las Vegas, it will take every ounce of Caseys moxie to undo the damageand, hopefully, save her own soul. Told in an unforgettable voice, with razor-sharp observations about everything from feminism to pop culture to social media, A Ladys Guide to Selling Out is the story of a young woman untangling the contradictions of our era and trying to escape the rat raceby any means necessary. Advance praise for A Ladys Guide to Selling Out Truly beautifully observed, A Ladys Guide to Selling Out is a gorgeous treat. Sally Fransons voice is addictive: whip-smart, biting, and clever. I kept pausing to reread parts of it with a huge smile on my face.Jane Green, author of Summer Secrets Perfectly captures the glamorous highs and hilarious lows of the cutthroat world of new advertisingthe Wild West of our time. Casey Pendergast is an unforgettable heroine, a feminist Don Draper for our age, navigating the bizarre ways in which art and commerce intersect. Sally Fransons debut is exhilarating, terrifying, and totally addictive.Lucy Sykes, author of Fitness Junkie If Jane Austens Emma and Dorothy Parker had a three-way with David Copperfield (not the magician), Casey Pendergast would be their wisecracking, heartbroken love child.Amy Bloom, author of Away
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Cathyloves2read
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First,I‘d like to thank Goodreads for picking me as a winner to receive a copy of this book.Second-I‘ve decided to try really hard to never read the book reviews before I read a book.The reviews on this book almost had me convinced not to read it.I‘m so glad that I took a chance,because I ended up really enjoying it.It‘s a story about growing and leaning.Its about hitting rock bottom and bouncing back.This author did a great job on her first novel

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Cathyloves2read
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Because books, the good ones, the ones you hold on to and come back to, they never disappoint. They're the best kind of escape because, instead of leading you away from your-self, they end up circling you back to yourself, nice and easy, helping you see things not just as they are, but as you are too.

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Clwojick
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Although I 100% do not regret walking the 11,000 steps to and from the grocery store this afternoon... but I definitely DO regret my choice of footwear! 😂These boots have ruined my feet, and I‘ll be surprised if I can move tomorrow!😂😂 #BookFitnessChallenge

alisiakae Ouch! Foot bath time! Way to go for walking, AND carrying the groceries home! 5y
LapReader I don‘t have a car so I cart stuff around with me all the time. I will never forget the time my perfectly fine shoes just disintegrated on me. I had to sticky tape them back together at my destination then I promptly threw them in the bin when I arrived home. Hope your next walk goes better. 5y
TheSpineView Yikes! Maybe a good soak in Epsom salt will help. 5y
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CocoReads Good job on the steps but boo for the wrong footwear! 5y
marleed Ohh nooo! But you looked good. And cuteness helps! 5y
Megabooks Oh dear! Very stylish though! 5y
BookwormAHN It sucks when cute boots are not meant for walking 😸 5y
Sweetdgabe87 But cute boots though! 5y
CoverToCoverGirl Ouch! But you‘ll be better prepared next time! 😊 5y
guinsgirlreads Looked good though!! 😂 5y
BarbaraJean Yikes! Hope those footsies recover soon! 5y
Caterina Sometimes you don't know how uncomfortable your boots are until you wear them for a LOT of walking, I've definitely learned this the hard way too 😂 Great job getting all that walking in, and with heavy grocery bags to boot! (😉) 5y
monalyisha All the time #same. So hard to give up fashion for functionality! 5y
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Jeanne_S
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Bailedbailed

Nope.

RaimeyGallant Message received. ;) 6y
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SW-T
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“I wanted change to happen all at once; I wanted the arc of justice to hurry up and finish its rainbow right in my lap. But that‘s not how it works. Real change, lasting change, takes a long time.”

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SW-T
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Love the book dress cover art on this one!

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Artsywink
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The concept of the book sounded interesting. English major turned to advertising to get a job, makes a lot of money. Falls in love with a client.... I put it down and was going to bail but I tried it again. I just couldn‘t get into it. It felt whiny and I didn‘t care about the characters.