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DEAR MONEY by Martha McPhee
Martha McPhee is the real deal. DEAR MONEY is engrossing, intelligent, playful, and timely. And it would be a shame if it did not get the high readership it deserves.
In this Pygmalion tale of novelist turned bond trader, India Palmer is — well, very much like the author herself. She’s a critically acclaimed writer of four books and has just completed her fifth. She and her husband — a gifted but not-so-rich sculptor — are close friends with a wealthy couple who live luxuriously in NYC’s tony Tribeca area. In India’s attempt to “keep up with the Joneses,” she discovers that “one goes broke in a thousand small ways: birthday presents, house presents; ballet classes; lessons in general; theater subscriptions…dinners out…”
June 6, 2010
Tags: 2010 Favorites, Contemporary, hmh Posted in: 2010 Top Picks, Book Club Choice, Contemporary, Life Choices, New York City, Writing Life 
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