Jennifer Bell may not know what she wants to do with her
life, but getting her MBA was never on the list of
possibilities. She just broke up with her activist
boyfriend and is working for her mother, who's the founder
of Green Futures, a business consulting firm that helps
businesses make ethical and environmentally conscious
decisions. Jen's mother suspects her ex-husband, a rival
consulting company CEO, of involvement in bribing officials
to win contracts and build shoddy housing for tsunami
victims in Indonesia. Jen goes undercover to spy on her
father, whom she hasn't seen in over 10 years, to find
evidence so they can expose the deal and protect the
tsunami victims from further exploitation.
Jen enrolls in the MBA program at her father's company,
carefully avoids the floor with his offices, and frequently
rides in the elevator and lingers in hallways,
eavesdropping on conversations. Jen doesn't care much for
the MBA coursework, until she meets handsome guest lecturer
Daniel Peterson. Jen works so hard to impress Daniel that
her feigned interest in the business world begins to seem
sincere. Then she jeopardizes everything when she's caught
hiding in a cabinet in her father's office. He may not be
as villainous as her mother believes, but Jen wonders whom
she can trust. Jen's cynical view of corporate greed and
the bitter rivalry between her divorced parents have always
kept her out of business affairs. Just when her romance
with Daniel heats up, he makes a career decision that
causes Jen to doubt that she ever really knew him. Not even
a stylish new suit can hide Jen's confusion as she uncovers
more secrets.
Ms. Townley successfully uses business topics as a unique
metaphor for life. One of Jen's fellow classmates even
applies the principles to himself to find a date! The MBA
lectures are entertaining, because each new guest lecturer
makes the mistake of asking for an example industry to
illustrate the concepts, and someone inevitably suggests
condom manufacturing, with hilarious and educational
results. Family drama, old affairs, new romance, friends in
crisis, corporate mystery, jealousy and deceit keep things
interesting, and Jennifer Bell is a real delight!
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