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
monikerβGirlieβinscribed in whiteout across the back. No
matter. Sheβs determined she's got the stamina to make it
in bond sales at Cromwell Pierce, one of The Streetβs most
esteemed brokerage firms. Keeping her eyes on the prize,
sheβll endure whatever menial, degrading tasks come her
wayβtrekking to the Bronx for $1,000 wheels of Parmesan
cheese, discovering a secretaryβs 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 friendsβ 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, sheβs addressed by her
real name and the impenetrable boysβ 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 crueltyβboth
personally and professionallyβAlex 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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