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- "The Devil Wears Prada meets Sex and the City" - PEOPLE MagazineClimbing in Heels, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas's debut novel, is a fictional tale of the rise of three secretaries at the hottest agency in 1980's Hollywood, giving you a glimpse into the boys-will-be-boys club and the women who wanted a seat at a table where they were expected to serve.
- About the Author: ELAINE GOLDSMITH THOMAS began her career at the William Morris Agency and rose by the late 1980's to become the Senior Vice President of the WMA, and later the Senior Vice President of ICM, guiding the careers of, among others, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lopez, Nicholas Cage, and Madonna.
- 384 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Women
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"The Devil Wears Prada meets Sex and the City" - PEOPLE Magazine
Climbing in Heels, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas's debut novel, is a fictional tale of the rise of three secretaries at the hottest agency in 1980's Hollywood, giving you a glimpse into the boys-will-be-boys club and the women who wanted a seat at a table where they were expected to serve.
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"The heart of the book is gossip: agent politics and dirty dealings, actor name-drops, affairs left and right, power and the power-hungry. [And main character] Beanie is smart, tenacious, and fun to watch...Juicy." - Kirkus
"Sexy, sharp, and unapologetically bold, CLIMBING IN HEELS plunges you into the glamour and grit of Hollywood in the 1980s. Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas delivers an entertaining debut, pulling readers into the messy, electric lives of three women who refuse to be sidelined." --ALISSA DeROGATIS, AUTHOR OF CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT
AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY "CLIMBING IN HEELS is a wildly entertaining journey of three women who have to navigate the sex, drugs, and boys' club mentality of 1980s Hollywood, written by someone who was there. It's moving, insightful, and shows us how far we've come--and how far we need to go. It's a book you won't put down, with characters you won't forget. I loved it!" --DARREN STAR, CREATOR OF SEX AND THE CITY AND EMILY IN PARIS "The perfect book for this moment. A wildly entertaining, fully transportive master-class in how powerful women write (and rewrite) their own Cinderella stories. The fact that it's set in the hottest era of Hollywood is icing on top." --JESSIE ROSEN, AUTHOR OF THE HEIRLOOM "CLIMBING IN HEELS is a smart, sexy, entertaining debut novel about three women who try to forge their own paths in 1980s Hollywood--a subject Elaine lived and breathed in real time, coming up in the golden age of the power agent. You will cheer for these women, fear for these women, and be seduced into loving them. I couldn't put it down!"
--JENNIFER LOPEZ
About the Author
ELAINE GOLDSMITH THOMAS began her career at the William Morris Agency and rose by the late 1980's to become the Senior Vice President of the WMA, and later the Senior Vice President of ICM, guiding the careers of, among others, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lopez, Nicholas Cage, and Madonna. More recently, she has produced a broad, successful slate of films and television series including Maid in Manhattan, Mona Lisa Smile, Hustlers, Marry Me, Emily in Paris, The Fosters and many others. She lives in New York City.