Ren?ee Rosen
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English
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"The latest novel from the bestselling author of Dollface and What the Lady Wants takes us deep into the tumultuous world of 1950s Chicago where a female journalist struggles with the heavy price of ambition... Every second of every day, something is happening. There's a story out there buried in the muck, and Jordan Walsh, coming from a family of esteemed reporters, wants to be the one to dig it up. But it's 1955, and the men who dominate the city...
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English
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In her heart, Nina Goldman knows that beauty is only skin deep. But as a teenager growing up in Akron, Ohio — with her larger-than-life father Artie, a colorblind carpet salesman and frustrated musician — the only thing Nina wishes for is...to be beautiful. Or at least normal. As if having such an eccentric dad wasn't enough, Nina has another issue to face: the mirror. Born with a strawberry birthmark over her eye, Nina spends countless hours...
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English
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In the middle of the twentieth century, the music of the Mississippi Delta arrived in Chicago, drawing the attention of entrepreneurs like the Chess brothers. Their label, Chess Records, helped shape that music into the Chicago Blues, the soundtrack for a transformative era in American history. But, for Leeba Groski, Chess Records was just where she worked …Leeba doesn't exactly fit in, but her passion for music and her talented piano playing captures...
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Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
It's 1965 in New York City and Helen Gurley Brown, the new editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, shocks America and saves a dying publication by daring to talk to women about everything off-limits. Alice Weiss is a single girl from a small midwestern town who unexpectedly lands a job at Cosmo, a job nothing could have prepared her for. When someone tries to pull Alice into a scene to sabotage her boss, she is more determined than ever to help Helen succeed....
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Deutsch
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New York, 1965. Eine Stadt im Aufbruch. Eine Frau mit einem Traum. Und eine Zeitschrift, die Amerika schockiert ...
Die junge Alice Weiss kommt nach New York, um Fotografin zu werden. Doch ihr wird nur eine Stelle als Sekretärin für die erste weibliche Chefredakteurin des Cosmopolitan-Magazins angeboten, Helen Gurley Brown.
Nur steht die Cosmopolitan kurz vor der Einstellung. Mitarbeiter und Management rebellieren offen gegen Helens skandalöse...