Book Review: Hedge Fund Wives by Tatiana Boncompagni (170)

Hedge Fund Wives by Tatiana Boncompagni

REALLY LIKED IT

This is a perfect summer read. There is nothing too demanding and it is well done for pure Chick Lit fluff. It is nice how the author gives us a different sort of character to like in Marcy. Of course after "settling" for a marriage that is merely a convenience of circumstance, Marcy find true love after she is humiliated by her husband's affair. Hedge Fund Wives is just a nice way to spend an afternoon.

Product Details
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Avon A (May 5, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061765260
ISBN-13: 978-0061765261

Product Description
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.

About the Author
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.