A Wide Range

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Amy Sohn

Prospect Park West

Simon & Schuster

Prominent magazine journalist, Amy Sohn’s third novel follows a complicated summer in the lives of four dissatisfied mothers in the new frontier of yuppiedom—Park Slope, Brooklyn. Prospect Park West has received advanced praise from Lauren Weisberger and A. J. Jacobs and has been optioned by HBO and Sarah Jessica Parker’s production company Pretty Matches, with the pilot to be written by Sohn.

Laura Fitzgerald

Veil of Roses

Bantam/Random House

Fitzgerald’s heartfelt debut novel follows an Iranian woman’s search for love and independence in America. Veil of Roses has been endorsed by Kavita Daswani, Lani Diane Rich, and Beth Kendrick, and Publishers Weekly writes, “Watching Tami find her voice through such small comforts as being able to sit alone in a house, walk to school unescorted or buy lingerie with her sister will leave readers rooting for her.”  The book was a Spring ‘07 Target Book Club Pick.

Wendy Wax

The Accidental Bestseller

Berkley Trade/Penguin

Wax explores the sometimes risky world of publishing in this charming novel about four writers who collaborate to produce a bestseller that just may change their lives.  The Accidental Bestseller has been endorsed by Karen White and by Jane Porter, who calls it “a terrific story, brimming with wit, warmth, and good humor.”

Abby Drake

Good Little Wives

Morrow Avon/HarperCollins

This murder mystery surrounds the rich trophy wives of New Falls, New York and the scandal and secrets lying just beneath the surface.  Rachel Gibson calls it “a wicked and fabulously fun peek into the desperate lives of the rich and the snobby.”  The book was also a Target Recommended Read in Spring 2008.

Bridie Clark

The Overnight Socialite

Weinstein Books

In this modern-day retelling of Pygmalion, a shy Lucy Ellis is transformed into a prominent Manhattan socialite with the help of her egotistical adviser, Wyatt Hayes.  The Overnight Socialite is Bridie Clark’s second novel; her debut, roman à clef Because She Can was featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and Glamour, which called it “a great moral tale for our work-obsessed times.”  It was translated into eleven languages. The Overnight Socialite has been optioned for film by The Weinstein Company.

Carol Snow

Here Today, Gone to Maui

Berkley Trade/Penguin

Uptight Jane Shea is sure that everything will go wrong when her boyfriend Jimmy suggests a spur-of-the-moment trip to Hawaii, and when he goes diving and disappears, Here Today, Gone to Maui has only just begun.  Jill Smolinski calls this novel “smart, funny, and as breezy as a Hawaiian night.”