It's 6:00am Monday morning and Alex Garrett must face the
day with a hangover and sheet-wrinkle marks on her face.
Determined to make a name for herself in the male-dominated
world of Wall Street bond trading, Alex is "low girlie on
the totem pole" at Cromwell Pierce working the government
bond desk in the fixed income division. Working in the
finance industry after the economic collapse is not easy;
it's only made worse when you're relegated to a kiddie sized
folding chair, working for a fast-talking demanding boss,
and expected to do just about anything and everything to
help the team. By going along with the insanity, keeping
secrets, and learning all she can, Alex starts climbing the
career ladder and finding her place in the boys-club. When
things take a turn for the worse at Cromwell Pierce, Alex
will have to decide what matters most.
BOND GIRL is the debut novel of Erin Duffy who worked for
more than a decade on Wall Street. Alex is a strong and
intelligent heroine who faces each challenge with wit and
determination. The plot moves quickly as she faces one
rather insane situation after another. A fairly light and
quick read, BOND GIRL will keep chuckling and turning pages
until the end.
When other little girls were dreaming about becoming
doctors or lawyers, Alex Garrett set her sights on
conquering the high-powered world of Wall Street. And
while she's prepared to fight her way into an elitist
boys' club, or duck the occasional errant football, she
quickly realizes she's in over her head when she is
relegated to a kiddie-sized folding chair with her new
moniker—Girlie—inscribed in whiteout across the back. No
matter. She’s determined she's got the stamina to make it
in bond sales at Cromwell Pierce, one of The Street’s most
esteemed brokerage firms. Keeping her eyes on the prize,
she’ll endure whatever menial, degrading tasks come her
way—trekking to the Bronx for $1,000 wheels of Parmesan
cheese, discovering a secretary’s secret Friday night
dance party in the conference room; fielding a constant
barrage of "friendly" practical jokes, learning to ropes
from her unpredictable, slightly scary, loyalty demanding
boss; even babysitting a colleague while he consumes the
entire contents of a vending machine on a $28,000 bet.
Ignoring her friends’ pleas to quit, Alex excels (while
learning how to roll with the punches and laugh at
herself) and soon advances from lowly analyst to slightly-
less-lowly associate. Suddenly, she’s addressed by her
real name and the impenetrable boys’ club has transformed
into thirty-eight older brothers and one possible
boyfriend. Then The Apocalypse hits. As her life on The
Street falls into the depths of intolerable cruelty—both
personally and professionally—Alex is forced to choose
between sticking with Cromwell Pierce as it teeters on the
brink of disaster and kicking off her Jimmy Choos to run
for higher ground.
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