Dear Money
Dear Money by Martha McPhee, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2010, is a work of fiction that explores the themes of wealth and transformation in contemporary New York. The narrative follows India Palmer, a struggling novelist whose life takes a dramatic turn when she meets Win Johns, a bond trader. As India grapples with her financial difficulties, Win offers her an opportunity to become a bond trader herself, leading her on a tumultuous journey through the world of finance and excess.
Readers will find a vivid portrayal of the second gilded age, capturing the allure and pitfalls of wealth. The story delves into India’s transition from a cash-strapped writer to a participant in the high-stakes world of mortgage-backed securities. With a blend of irony and insight, McPhee examines the complexities of identity and ambition, as India navigates her new life while reflecting on the costs of her choices. This edition spans 346 pages and is presented in English, offering a rich exploration of personal reinvention amidst the backdrop of financial frenzy.
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In this Pygmalion tale of a novelist turned bond trader, Martha McPhee brings to life the greed and riotous wealth of New York during the heady days of the second gilded age. India Palmer, living the cash-strapped existence of the writer, is visiting wealthy friends in Maine when a yellow biplane swoops down from the clear blue sky to bring a stranger into her life, one who will change everything.The stranger isWin Johns, a swaggering and intellectually bored trader of mortgage- backed securities. Charmed by India’s intelligence, humor, and inquisitive nature—and aware of her near-desperate financial situation—Win poses a proposition: “Give me eighteen months and I’ll make you a world-class bond trader.” Shedding her artist’s life with surprising ease, India embarks on a raucous ride to the top of the income chain, leveraging herself with crumbling real estate, never once looking back . . .Or does she?
With a light-handed irony that is by turns as measured as Claire Messud’s and as biting as Tom Wolfe’s, Martha McPhee tells the classic American story of people reinventing themselves, unaware of the price they must pay for their transformation.
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