Synopsis
A pack of jaded, backstabbing New York City society 20-somethings orchestrate the transformation and downfall of a naïve jewelry salesgirl in this deliciously naughty volume. Extremely stylish and pretty, Julia is a decidedly downtown girl with dreams of starting her own jewelry design business. Though selling engagement rings at venerable, opulent Pelham's jewelry store isn't the path to success, it pays the rent. When Julia delivers a diamond necklace for the wedding of Lell Pelham, daughter of the CEO, she has no idea that she's about to be taken on as a pet project by the bride. As Julia finds herself changing into someone unrecognizable, coping with the ardor of Lell's husband, and experiencing the cruelty of so-called "friends," she discovers the ugly side of high society. By the authors of the runaway best seller THE RIGHT ADDRESS.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2005-04-12 | | Narrated by: | Ana Gasteyer | | Edition Description: | Abridged |
| Size | | Height: | 5.0 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 7.0 oz |
Publisher's Note
In The Right Address, Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman seared through the upper crust of New York’s glitterati with wicked glee. In their delicious new novel, Wolves in Chic Clothing, they train their merciless spotlight on the young princes and princesses poised to inherit Park Avenue.
Julia, a hip, downtown salesgirl at Pelham’s jewelry store, finds her social life turned on its head when she is asked to deliver a necklace to the store’s young heiress, Lell Pelham, on Lell’s wedding day. Beguiled by Julia’s earnest cluelessness and her vintage-chic vibe, Lell and her gang adopt Julia, and “Eliza Doolittle” her into passing as the heiress to a family fortune, just for a laugh. Dazed by the whirlwind of trust funds, pedigrees, Cosmopolitans, and penthouses in her new world, Julia is unprepared for the ardent advances of Lell’s husband—or the vicious claws her new “friends” develop when they decide Julia is an ingrate, and demote her from society goddess to penniless cling-on with one well-timed editorial. Suddenly, she must return the borrowed couture clothes and try to remember who she was before the body snatching took place. Hilarious and completely addictive, Wolves in Chic Clothing is a modern-day rags-to-riches-and-back-again fairy tale that will leave fans stamping their Manolo Blahniks for more.
Industry Reviews
"An airy soufflé that, to its credit, never overreaches."
Kirkus (01/15/2005)
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