Synopsis
Written by a former Vogue staff writer, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA is about Andrea Sachs, a staffer at a trendy fashion magazine in Manhattan whose boss, the eponymous Prada-wearer, treats Andrea like a cross between a galley slave and a retarded child. As things get worse, Andrea must decide whether she will allow the devil to steal her soul--or find the strength to quit.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2004-07-27 | | Narrated by: | Rachael Leigh Cook | | Edition Description: | Abridged |
| Size | | Height: | 4.8 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 8.0 oz |
Publisher's Note
A delightfully dishy novel about the all-time most impossible boss in the history of impossible bosses.
Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job “a million girls would die for.” Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani! Versace! at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering child.
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA gives a rich and hilarious new meaning to complaints about “The Boss from Hell.” Narrated in Andrea’s smart, refreshingly disarming voice, it traces a deep, dark, devilish view of life at the top only hinted at in gossip columns and over Cosmopolitans at the trendiest cocktail parties. From sending the latest, not-yet-in-stores Harry Potter to Miranda’s children in Paris by private jet, to locating an unnamed antique store where Miranda had at some point admired a vintage dresser, to serving lattes to Miranda at precisely the piping hot temperature she prefers, Andrea is sorely tested each and every day—and often late into the night with orders barked over the phone. She puts up with it all by keeping her eyes on the prize: a recommendation from Miranda that will get Andrea a top job at any magazine of her choosing. As things escalate from the merely unacceptable to the downright outrageous, however, Andrea begins to realize that the job a million girls would die for may just kill her. And even if she survives, she has to decide whether or not the job is worth the price of her soul.
From the Hardcover edition.
Industry Reviews
"Weisberger writes with humor and authority, but her plot circles like a whirlpool...."
Kirkus Reviews (02/15/2003)
"A Judith Krantz for the new millennium! Lauren Weisberger has produced a work of trash fiction of such unimpeachable quality--I enjoyed every page--that the golden girls can hang up their spurs....Weisberger writes with the passionate intensity of a ninth-grader whose pride has been wounded, and I forgive her much....[N]othing can hurt a book like this...; a career has begun."
Atlantic Monthly - Caitlin Flanagan
"It's hard to get past the onslaught of Page Six gossip and film-rights buzz that has preceded THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, Lauren Weisberger's thinly veiled roman à clef about her thankless year sidetracked in the trenches of a fashion magazine. Start with a Mommy Dearest premise featuring our most famous fashion editor, add an irresistible title and throw in a six-figure movie deal--does it even matter what's actually on the page when everybody is reading between the lines?"
New York Times Book Review - Kate Betts (04/13/2003)
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