First published 2009
Penelope Mercury has spent five years chasing stories across New York's boroughs for the Telegraph, following her boss's bizarre assignments. Just as her promotion to court reporter seems within reach, one catastrophic day gets her fired instead. Meanwhile, socialite Lena "Lipstick Carcrash" Lippencrass loses her charmed existence when her parents slash her funds and evict her from her West Village duplex for refusing to join the family company. Workaholic attorney Dana Gluck watches her marriage crumble when her husband abandons her for a pregnant exchange student. Fate deposits all three women in the same SoHo building, where they must rebuild from scratch. Their demolished plans might become their salvation.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: New York, SoHo, Telegraph, West Village
Period: 21st-century
272 pages · Hardcover · Atria Books