{"product_id":"workhorse-9781250360083","title":"Workhorse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fierce, funny and unflinching.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCoco Mellors, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBlue Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA richly drawn, unsettling, and wickedly funny story of envy and ambition set against the glamor and privilege of media and high society in New York City at its height. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the turn of the millennium\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e Editorial Assistant Clodagh \"Clo\" Harmon wants nothing more than to rise through the ranks at the world's most prestigious fashion magazine. There's just one problem: she doesn't have the right pedigree. Instead, Clo is a \"workhorse\" surrounded by beautiful, wealthy, impossibly well-connected \"show horses\" who get ahead without effort, including her beguiling cubicle-mate, Davis Lawrence, the daughter of a beloved but fading Broadway actress. Harry Wood, Davis's boarding school classmate and a reporter with visions of his own media empire, might be Clo's ally in gaming the system--or he might be the only thing standing between Clo and her rightful place at the top. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a career punctuated by moments of high absurdity, sudden windfalls, and devastating reversals of fortune, Clo wades across boundaries, taking ever greater and more dangerous risks to become the important person she wants to be within the confines of a world where female ambition remains cloaked. But who really is Clo underneath all the borrowed designer clothes and studied manners--and who are we if we share her desires? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHilariously observant and insightful\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eWorkhorse\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant page-turner about what it means to be in thrall to wealth, beauty, and influence, and the outrageous sacrifices women must make for the sake of success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 2014 to 2019, \u003cb\u003eCaroline Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e was the director of editorial, video, and social media at Amazon Fashion. Prior to her tenure at Amazon, she spent seven years as the editor of Vogue.com. Her work has appeared in various publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Life, Seventeen\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Vogue. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with her husband and three children. \u003ci\u003eWorkhorse\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51649211466002,"sku":"9781250360083","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_29836f0e-8f42-4a6f-a954-86574e6d5f46.jpg?v=1759846326","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/workhorse-9781250360083","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}