The Ex-Mrs. Hedgefund
A Novel
$47.31
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2010
Summary
“A cheeky tale for recession-era romantics,” (More) from a bestselling authorThe year is 2006 and Holly Talbott is married to the founder of Comer Capital at the apex of excess on Wall street. Sure, Holly loves being a stay-at-home mom and keeping house accounts at all the best places, but there are some downsides to being Mrs. Hedgefund. Even botox can’t beautify her mother-in-law’s withering stares, and her husband, Tim, is away so often it feels like she’s single again. So when it turns ou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780452295940 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0452295947 |
| Author: | Jill Kargman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Plume |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 259g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 15mm |
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Praise for “Momzillas”:
aA sardonic and hugely witty peek inside the highly competitive world of the childrearing set on Manhattanas tony Upper East Side.a
a”Harperas Bazaar”
aJill Kargman portrays the accomplished, polished, hypercompetitive mothers of Manhattan’s Upper East Side with over-the-top panache.a aTown & Country”
aReading this oneas like gossiping about other moms, minus the guilt.a
a “Parenting”
aA breezy jaunt through the Manhattan nursery grindera]Kargman writes with verve.a
a “Publishers Weekly”
aWhether or not you know a Yummy Mummy or a Too Posh to Push Princess, youall find Momzillas a riot.a
a”Social Affairs”
aA work of jocose, twisted humora]Kargmanas tale offers a wicked pictorial of good old fashioned smothering.a
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About The Author
Jill Kargman
Jill Kargman is the writer and star of the hit Bravo television show Odd Mom Out, based on her novel Momzillas. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of The Ex-Mrs. Hedgefund, three novels for young readers, and the essay collection Sometimes I Feel Like a Nut. She has written for Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, GQ, and many other magazines, was a columnist for Style.com, and wrote for the MTV shows So Five Minutes Ago and Who Is. Kargman is a graduate of Yale University. Married and the mother of three, she lives in Manhattan.
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