Park Avenue Summer
Park Avenue Summer by Renée Rosen, published by Penguin on April 30, 2019, is a historical fiction novel set in 1965. The story follows Alice Weiss, a young woman from a small Midwestern town who moves to New York City to pursue her dreams. She unexpectedly secures a position working for Helen Gurley Brown, the first female editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine. As Alice navigates the challenges of her new role, she encounters a tumultuous environment filled with resistance from colleagues and the pressures of a rapidly changing media landscape.
Readers will find a narrative that explores themes of ambition, female empowerment, and the complexities of the workplace during a transformative era for women. As Alice grapples with her aspirations in photography and the glamorous yet demanding world of magazine publishing, she becomes increasingly determined to support her boss amid sabotage attempts and office politics. This edition spans 368 pages and is presented in English, offering a glimpse into a pivotal moment in women’s history through the lens of fiction.
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It’s 1965 and Cosmopolitan magazine’s brazen new editor in chief—Helen Gurley Brown—shocks America and saves a dying publication by daring to talk to women about all things off-limits…
New York City is filled with opportunities for single girls like Alice Weiss, who leaves her small Midwestern town to chase her big-city dreams and unexpectedly lands a job working for the first female editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown.
For Alice, who wants to be a photographer, it seems like the perfect foot in the door, but nothing could have prepared her for the world she enters. Editors and writers resign on the spot, refusing to work for the woman who wrote the scandalous bestseller Sex and the Single Girl, and confidential memos, article ideas, and cover designs keep finding their way into the wrong hands. When someone tries to pull Alice into a scheme to sabotage her boss, she is more determined than ever to help Helen succeed.
While pressure mounts at the magazine, Alice struggles not to lose sight of her own dreams as she’s swept up into a glamorous world of five-star dinners, lavish parties, and men who are certainly no good. Because if Helen Gurley Brown has taught her anything, it’s that a woman can demand to have it all.
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