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Perfectly Impossible by Elizabeth Topp: Giveaway

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on November 1, 2020
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Thanks to Michelle Blankenship of Blankenship Public Relations, I am giving away one print copy of Perfectly Impossible’ by Elizabeth Topp.

Description Perfectly Impossible by Elizabeth Topp


In this witty debut novel, Elizabeth Topp crafts a story that ventures behind the fanciful facade of Park Avenue and into the life of one lovable type A assistant.

Anna’s job is simple: prevent the unexpected from happening and do everything better than perfectly. An artist at heart, Anna works a day job as a private assistant for Bambi Von Bizmark, a megarich Upper East Side matriarch who’s about to be honored at the illustrious Opera Ball.

Caught between the staid world of great wealth and her unconventional life as an artist, Anna struggles with her true calling. If she’s supposed to be a painter, why is she so much more successful as a personal assistant? When her boyfriend lands a fancy new job, it throws their future as a couple into doubt and intensifies Anna’s identity crisis. All she has to do is ensure everything runs smoothly and hold herself together until the Opera Ball is over. How hard could that be?

Featuring a vibrant array of characters from the powerful to the proletarian, Perfectly Impossible offers a glimpse into a world you’ll never want to leave.

Praise Perfectly Impossible by Elizabeth Topp


“Readers who enjoy a glimpse into the outrageous lives of the one percent will find plenty to enjoy in the deviously decadent characters, exorbitant displays of wealth, and tongue-in-cheek humor…A fun…escape into moneyed madness.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Topp’s fizzy debut novel (after the coauthored Vaginas: An Owner’s Manual) hilariously pulls the curtain back on what it’s like to be the assistant to an über-rich Park Avenue matron…Topp leverages her behind-the-scenes view of the Bizmarks’ milieu and Anna’s trade for some entertaining, biting satire. The author’s gifts for humor and drama make this an engaging lark.” —Publishers Weekly

“Readers won’t want to put down Topp’s debut, which offers a peek into the world of the wild demands of the wealthiest of the wealthy.” —Booklist

About Elizabeth ToppPerfectly Impossible by Elizabeth Topp


Elizabeth Topp penned her first short story in the second grade and has been writing ever since. A graduate of the Dalton school, Harvard College, and the Columbia School of the Arts, Topp coauthored her first book, Vaginas: An Owners Manual, with her gynecologist mother while she worked as a private assistant, a job she still holds.

Topp lives in the same Manhattan apartment from her childhood with her partner, Matthew; their daughter, Anna; and their cat Stripes.

Website: https://www.liztopp.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LizTopp

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Apr 19

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Great Pretenders by Laura Kalpakian- Giveaway

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on April 25, 2019
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Great Pretenders by Laura KalpakianGreat Pretenders by Laura Kalpakian

Thanks to Loren Jaggers of Berkley Publishing, I am giving away one print copy of ‘Great Pretenders’ by Laura Kalpakian.

Description Great Pretenders by Laura Kalpakian


The daughter of Hollywood royalty, Roxanne Granville is used to getting what she wants–even if she has to break the rules. But after a falling-out with her grandfather, a powerful movie mogul, she has to face life on her own for the first time….

Roxanne forges a career unique for women in the 1950s, becoming an agent for hungry young screenwriters. She struggles to be taken seriously by the men who rule Hollywood and who often assume that sexual favors are just a part of doing business. When she sells a script by a blacklisted writer under the name of a willing front man, more exiled writers seek her help. Roxanne wades into a world murky with duplicity and deception, and she can’t afford any more risks.

Then she meets Terrence Dexter, a compelling African American journalist unlike anyone she’s ever known. Roxanne again breaks the rules, and is quickly swept up in a passionate relationship with very real dangers that could destroy everything she’s carefully built.

Roxanne Granville is a woman who bravely defies convention. She won’t let men make all the rules, and won’t let skin color determine whom she can love. The Great Pretenders is a riveting, emotional novel that resonates in today’s world, and reminds us that some things are worth fighting for.

Praise Great Pretenders by Laura Kalpakian


“Touching on everything from politically motivated witch hunts to racism, Kalpakian’s timely tale vividly evokes 1950s Los Angeles.”—Booklist

“What a good book! Engagingly readable, full of Golden Age of Hollywood glitz—and a wonderful story of idealism, courage and the price of love. Enjoyed every page!”—Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander

“In her riveting new novel, Laura Kalpakian has given us a heroine to cheer for in this juicy tale of Hollywood. Roxanne Granville’s journey from diffident daughter of privilege to boundary-shattering career woman who takes on both the Hollywood blacklist and the racial prejudices of the early Civil Rights era is breathtaking and moving, even epic.”—Melanie Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Girls in the Picture

About Laura Kalpakian


Great Pretenders by Laura Kalpakian

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Laura Kalpakian has won a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award (twice), the Anahid Award for an American writer of Armenian descent, the PEN West Award, and the Stand International Short Fiction Competition. She has had residencies at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Montalvo Center for the Arts, and Hawthornden Castle in Scotland.

She is the author of multiple novels and over a hundred stories published in collections, anthologies, literary journals and magazines in the U.S. and the U.K. A native of California, Laura lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Website: www.laurakalpakian.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LauraKalpakian

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