Wednesday, January 14, 2009

everyone worth knowing by Lauren Weisenberger

Jaw drop with what the PR world is like. Is it really like that? Do you really, I mean, is it really a PR person's job to go to the clubs and party all night long? Wow. Why couldn't I get into that? Nah, not my style but one could dream, couldn't I? Similar to Devil Wears Prada where a girl who seemingly knows nothing about the biz gets a dream job. Instead of being the assistant to the top editor in fashion, in everyone worth knowing, Bette lands a job with an up and coming PR firm and ends up partying with the hottest celebs and socialites. A bit over the top, but still fun to read about. Bette, daughter of two hippies, niece to a gay columnist uncle, impulsively quits her boring job in the bank world. She needs to find herself. Her uncle helps her land a job with a former assistant who has opened a PR firm. And what is her job? To go to the hottest nightclubs, to socialize with celebrities and socialites, to go to the hottest restaurants, to plan parties for companies like Blackberry and Playboy, and to fly first class to other countries. Poor Bette. lol All the meanwhile, her best friend is engaged to someone she cannot stand, she is constantly the subject of an online gossip column - and not in a good way - for her "relationship" with young, hot, wealthy bachelor and she is interested in Sammy, the bouncer, who has issues of his own. It all comes to head at the Playboy party where Bette finds her best friend's fiance making out with a former schoolmate and the party is crumbling around her. All's well that ends well. Bette finds love with Sammy who opens up a hot new up and coming restaurant. Her best friend breaks up with her fiance and starts anew. Bette decides she will write a romance novel, her secret guilty pleasure.

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