The Devil Wears Prada

[SueC]

I just finished this and it was a pretty good read. I got through it in a couple of days (mostly while I was on or waiting for a plane). Its about a new college graduate who lands a job working for the demanding editor of a fashion magazine. After reading the author's bio, I kind of wonder if could be somewhat auto-biographical?

[Cumberland]

i just got this at the library today, after a 2 month wait. i am looking forward to reading it.

[Auspicious]

According to the publishing grapevine, this book is very true-to-life and pretty accurately depicts that whole Conde Nast scene.

One person I work with had originally applied for an assistant position position at one of the big fashion magazines right out of college. Her potential boss opened the interview by saying that at their magazine "we are all about appearances." Thinking that the woman was making some kind of tongue-in-cheek joke, my co-worker laughed. The woman did not laugh. She was not joking. They hired someone else.

Someone else that I work with had a college friend who DID land a similar job, and was THRILLED, because of course it's so glamourous! She quit in less than a year because she couldn't stand actually working in that, well, ridiculous corporate culture.

I'm definitely glad I'm in book instead of magazine publishing. There is a whole "expensive lunches with famous authors" part of it, but overall the whole literary bent tends to keep things more grounded.