May Vanderbilt

From School Library Journal
Adult/High School–Emily Hinton lived at home during her college years at San Diego State but longs to go to New York. Amazingly, her uncle knows an editor at a publishing firm there, and Emily gets a job. Her roommate is the young, hip, professional she purports to be but is also distant and controlling. Emily soon makes friends at work. However, other than Uncle Matthew, who runs a soup kitchen, she is not sure that there are any other Christians in New York. Then she meets a coworker, Bennett; he's handsome, Ivy League, professes to be a Christian, and keeps trying to get her into bed. When she goes home for Christmas, she runs into Jacob, an old boyfriend who looks very good, and is very interested. Back in New York, Bennett tries to go too far and she dumps him. Then an overambitious editor tries to sell a book that slams both religion and family life by leaving out that section when she presents it to staff. Emily objects and wins a promotion, but New York has lost its attraction. Frank, witty, and funny, this story succeeds in spite of its sometimes awkward reminders of Emily's Christian faith and upbringing.–Molly Connally, Chantilly Regional Library, VA
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