First published 2009
Schiffer Diamond stands in her apartment at One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco tower that defines Manhattan's most coveted address. At forty-something, this actress refuses to let age dim her shine or her ambitions. The building draws other women into its orbit, each fighting her own war for position and respect. Spoiled Lola schemes her way toward an apartment and the right husband to go with it. Annalisa navigates the social minefield as a hedge fund manager's wife, while bitter Mindy supports her underachieving writer husband and resents every moment of it. From her penthouse perch, glamorous gossip columnist Enid watches the drama unfold below, having observed decades of similar struggles from her privileged vantage point. The building becomes a battlefield where style, money, and determination clash in the pursuit of the life each woman believes she deserves.
Genres: fiction, romance, literary-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Manhattan, One Fifth Avenue
Period: 21st-century
568 pages · Hardcover · AST : AST MOSKVA