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Title: Careers for Women
Author: Joanna Scott
Narrator: Carolyn Cook
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-25-17
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 7 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
New York in the late 1950s. A city, and a world, on the cusp of change...
Maggie Gleason is looking toward the future. Part of a midcentury wave of young women seeking new lives in New York City, Maggie works for legendary Port Authority public relations maven Lee K. Jaffe - affectionately known to her loyal staff as Mrs. J. Having left Cleveland, Maggie has come to believe that she can write any story for herself that she imagines.
Pauline Moreau is running from the past - and a shameful secret. She arrives in the city on the brink of despair, saddled with a young daughter who needs more love, attention, and resources than Pauline can ever hope to provide. Seeing that Pauline needs a helping hand, Mrs. J tasks Maggie with befriending and looking after Pauline.
As the old New York gives way to the new, and Mrs. J's dream of the world's largest skyscraper begins to rise from the streets of lower Manhattan, Pauline - with the aid of Maggie and Mrs. J - also remakes herself. But when she reignites the scandal that drove her to New York, none of their lives will ever be the same. Maggie must question everything she thought she knew about love, work, ambition, and family to discover the truth about the enigmatic, strong woman she thought she had rescued.
Careers for Women is a masterful novel about the difficulties of building a career, a dream, or a life - and about the powerful small mercies of friendship and compassion.
Members Reviews:
âArranging the pieces in accordance with the force of association rather than in obedience to the order of timeâ.
âArranging the pieces in accordance with the force of association rather than in obedience to the order of timeâ.
This is a quote from the book, that I think will help future readers better help understand the story. I admit, it was tough going at first trying to follow the timeline of the story because it kept jumping back and forth. However, as I kept reading the pieces fell into place which is what I think was the intention of the author. I think we followed the timeline of how the main character came to unravel the mystery. I recommend this book, stick with it, as it all comes together in the end and was a very satisfying read. 5 stars.
Surprisingly Different
This book wasn't at all what I expected. I redirected a light, frothy read about female secretaries. Instead, it's a dark take on survival and industry. The writing style is intentionally choppy which took some getting used to. In the end, the book was worth reading. Every character did what they had to do - good or bad. A true depiction of humanity...
Don't bother
not a great story- not a great author- not worth your time. story line jumps around intimate and occasionally geographically
Title has nothing to do with the story.
It's like the author wrote all the chapters and then threw them on the floor, picked them up in random order and published them as is. The story jumped around too much for me and included way too much random information that added nothing to the story.
Weâve read this story before.
Well written but plot mundane.
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Title: Careers for Women
Author: Joanna Scott
Narrator: Carolyn Cook
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-25-17
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 7 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
New York in the late 1950s. A city, and a world, on the cusp of change...
Maggie Gleason is looking toward the future. Part of a midcentury wave of young women seeking new lives in New York City, Maggie works for legendary Port Authority public relations maven Lee K. Jaffe - affectionately known to her loyal staff as Mrs. J. Having left Cleveland, Maggie has come to believe that she can write any story for herself that she imagines.
Pauline Moreau is running from the past - and a shameful secret. She arrives in the city on the brink of despair, saddled with a young daughter who needs more love, attention, and resources than Pauline can ever hope to provide. Seeing that Pauline needs a helping hand, Mrs. J tasks Maggie with befriending and looking after Pauline.
As the old New York gives way to the new, and Mrs. J's dream of the world's largest skyscraper begins to rise from the streets of lower Manhattan, Pauline - with the aid of Maggie and Mrs. J - also remakes herself. But when she reignites the scandal that drove her to New York, none of their lives will ever be the same. Maggie must question everything she thought she knew about love, work, ambition, and family to discover the truth about the enigmatic, strong woman she thought she had rescued.
Careers for Women is a masterful novel about the difficulties of building a career, a dream, or a life - and about the powerful small mercies of friendship and compassion.
Members Reviews:
âArranging the pieces in accordance with the force of association rather than in obedience to the order of timeâ.
âArranging the pieces in accordance with the force of association rather than in obedience to the order of timeâ.
This is a quote from the book, that I think will help future readers better help understand the story. I admit, it was tough going at first trying to follow the timeline of the story because it kept jumping back and forth. However, as I kept reading the pieces fell into place which is what I think was the intention of the author. I think we followed the timeline of how the main character came to unravel the mystery. I recommend this book, stick with it, as it all comes together in the end and was a very satisfying read. 5 stars.
Surprisingly Different
This book wasn't at all what I expected. I redirected a light, frothy read about female secretaries. Instead, it's a dark take on survival and industry. The writing style is intentionally choppy which took some getting used to. In the end, the book was worth reading. Every character did what they had to do - good or bad. A true depiction of humanity...
Don't bother
not a great story- not a great author- not worth your time. story line jumps around intimate and occasionally geographically
Title has nothing to do with the story.
It's like the author wrote all the chapters and then threw them on the floor, picked them up in random order and published them as is. The story jumped around too much for me and included way too much random information that added nothing to the story.
Weâve read this story before.
Well written but plot mundane.