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- Multiple heroines = more glorious downward spirals
- 1950s NYC publishing world's cutthroat glamour exposed
- Workplace sexism meets scandalous bedroom betrayals
- Fast-paced ensemble drama, pure binge-read fuel
If you lived for the self-immolating ambition and scandalous wreckage of Valley of the Dolls, Rona Jaffe delivers the same addictive poison in a different bottle. Here, the stage shifts from Hollywood's pill-fueled haze to Manhattan's publishing houses, where five young women claw their way toward success only to discover that every rung up the ladder costs a piece of their soul. The melodrama burns just as hot—illicit affairs, workplace predators, back-alley desperation—wrapped in that irresistible mid-century gloss that makes destruction look like champagne.
Jaffe doesn't flinch from the taboo: abortion, infidelity, and the brutal economics of female desirability in a man's world. It's voyeuristic, validating, and utterly binge-worthy—social commentary dressed as guilty pleasure, exactly the way you want it.
Every rung up the ladder costs a piece of their soul.
What Readers Are Saying
"This book is a time-capsule - a look at professional women in a very different time...compulsively readable. I loved it" — First Second Books, Goodreads
"One of the most honest and enthralling books I've read in a long time... There are lines in this book that I read over and over again because they resonated so strongly with emotions that I've felt." — Michael, Goodreads
"I could not put it down and finished it in less than 24 hours. I am shocked this was written in the 50's." — Pdxstacey, Goodreads
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