In this amazingly timely story about what the wealthy do when Wall Street laysan egg the author of Gilding Lily once again delivers a witty and insightfultreatm... » 

In this amazingly timely story about what the wealthy do when Wall Street laysan egg the author of Gilding Lily once again delivers a witty and insightfultreatment of todays woman as she explores the sacrifices they make thebargains they strike the rules they follow and what happens when it allstarts to fall apart. Who could have guessed that Wall Street would gosouth just as Marcy Emerson and her husband moved east? Down to earth Marcyrelocated from Chicago to New York when her husband was offered a big time jobas a hedge fund manager. She gives up her own jobafter all hedge fundwives dont work And while at first its fun to shop all day and party allnight Marcy quickly learns that life among the rich can be anything but easyand that behind every smile can be a stab in the back. Still its notuntil her husband leaves her for his thinner blonder mistressa woman who ishigher up the social ladder than the original Mrs. Emerson will ever bethatMarcy decides to stand on her own two feet once again and fight for the thingsthat are far more important than money. «