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Tatiana Boncompagni, author of the novel Gilding Lily, is a Manhattan-based freelancer who has written for The Financial Times Style and Shopping pages, the New York Times Sunday Styles section, the Wall Street Journal Weekend section, Vogue and InStyle. A graduate of Georgetown University's prestigious School of Foreign Service, she worked for the Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels, and, later, as a reporter for the Legal Times in Washington, DC. She currently lives in New York City with her husband and two children.
Hedge Fund Wives
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9780061874093
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date: 05/05/2009
- Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 304
- Sales rank: 158,894
- File size: 470 KB
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In this amazingly timely story about what the wealthy do when Wall Street lays an egg, the author of Gilding Lily once again delivers a witty and insightful treatment of today's woman, as she explores the sacrifices they make, the bargains they strike, the rules they follow, and what happens when it all starts to fall apart.
Who could have guessed that Wall Street would go south just as Marcy Emerson and her husband moved east? Down to earth Marcy relocated from Chicago to New York when her husband was offered a big time job as a hedge fund manager.
She gives up her own job—after all, hedge fund wives don't work! And while at first it's fun to shop all day and party all night, Marcy quickly learns that life among the rich can be anything but easy and that behind every smile can be a stab in the back.
Still, it's not until her husband leaves her for his thinner, blonder mistress—a woman who is higher up the social ladder than the original Mrs. Emerson will ever be—that Marcy decides to stand on her own two feet once again, and fight for the things that are far more important than money.
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Kristi Lanier
A real-life New York socialite, Boncompagni knows her subject intimately. She can slip readers into a pair of high-heel Christian Louboutins and through the doors of a hedgie home themed in Chinese antiquities. Seeing how the moneyed set lives offers a funny—and sometimes sobering—look at people hogtied by their own wealth.—The Washington Post
Publishers Weekly
In this salacious, delightful tale of New York movers and shakers, Boncompagni (Gilding Lily) animates her rich, glamorous, scandalous creatures with a keen eye and irresistible energy. Newly ensconced in her life as the wife of a New York hedge fund derivatives trader, Marcy Emerson is as unimpressed with her neighbors' materialism and gossiping as she is cowed by the seeming perfection of her new female acquaintances. Nevertheless, she establishes close friendships with fellow hedge fund wives Jill and Gigi as she becomes increasingly aware of her husband's growing preoccupation with money and appearances-especially when she accepts a job in Gigi's catering business. When Marcy faces incontrovertible evidence of how far John's loyal good nature has been stretched, she realizes that for the sake of her own life she must re-evaluate her priorities. Readers fascinated by Upper East Side life will be mesmerized by Boncompagni's sparkling depiction and may have to fight the temptation to read it all in one sitting. (May)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Marcy is a strong character who rises above the crowd in Boncompagni’s glitzy and gossipy second novel.Brilliant Magazine
Boncompagni gives us a glimpse into one of the world’s most exclusive clubs—blemishes and all.Beth Harbison
Gossip Girl on Fifth Avenue. Tatiana Boncompagni has woven a tale of wealth, scandal, secrets, and revenge. I couldn’t put it down!Marne Davis Kellogg
I loved it! Tatiana Boncompagni’s HEDGE FUND WIVES made me forget I was cold and tired and hungry and flying Coach. In fact, I didn’t want the flight to end! Tatiana Boncompagni must be an insider—HEDGE FUND WIVES is like Candace Busnell for grown ups.Linda Francis Lee
A wickedly amusing glimpse into the mores and manners of the rich and richer.