Lauren Weisberger Everyone Worth Knowing

Being a regular commuter has turned into a regular book reader. Imagine all the stress on the London Transport, waiting for the bus, being late for the train, packed in the underground, I always look for funny and easy to read stuff.

Everyone worth Knowing is a great read. It tells the story of a twenty seven year old Bette who lived in New York and after quiting her boring bank job enters the world of parties, celebrities and newspaper gossips. If you like cosmopolitan sets like New York, parties and designer clothing than this is a book that will cheer you up on your daily jounreys.

Everyone Worth Knowing

Lauren Weisberger

Downtown, May 2006, $14.00

ISBN: 0743262336

Unable to take her tedious job at a Manhattan investment bank, twenty-seven years old Bettina "Bette" Robinson quits. While her born again responsible parents (former hippies) have cardiac arrest that she is throwing her life away, her Uncle Will obtains her a job at Kelly & Company, a public relations firm.

One of her assignments at her new job is to show up looking hot at the in parties and galas. However, Bette, not known for her innovative fashion consciousness, is soon being photographed about the town with hunk Philip Weston, considered one of the most eligible bachelors in town. Her schedule turns zany with demands from her escort, her friends and family, and the media. However, the only one she wants demands from is Sammy the nightclub bouncer, but he feels she is out of his league as one of "them" and even her best friend Penelope from the pre gala dive bar days feels alienated while the gossip columns turn predatory.

Though she lacks Prada, Bette is a likable individual whose fifteen minutes of fame proves her undoing as she begins to turn her back on those loyal to her until she realizes that EVERYONE WORTH KNOWING she sees from "the inside looking out" at them. Modernizing and changing the gender of Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter, readers will appreciate Bette's lessons that being a party girl is not as cracked up as it might seem. Though much of the support characters come out of the central casting for the jet setter crowd, fans of chick lit tales will enjoy Bette's transformation.

Harriet Klausner