her peers, gives the full stories, from the junior account man whose wife almost left him when she found the copy of Screw magazine he'd used to find "a date" for a client, to the Ogilvy & Mather's annual Boat Ride, a sex-and-booze filled orgy, from which it was said no virgin ever returned intact. Wickedly funny and full of juicy inside information, Mad Women also tackles some of the tougher issues of the era, such as unequal pay, rampant, jaw-dropping sexism, and the difficult choice many women faced between motherhood and their careers. "One woman looks back at a time when the proposition that sex sells was just catching on, and, thanks to martinis, overflowing ashtrays, and the pill, propositions were all the rage." -- Town & Country "A dishy memoir about the drinking, sex, smoking and sexism that make that era in the industry ... so fascinating." -- New York Post "How authentic is Peggy Olson, the young secretary-turned-copywriter on Mad Men ? Very real, judging from the fun memoir Mad Women by Jane Maas, a real-life Olson.... Mad Women isn't a straightforward memoir or companion book to the show. It's more a witty, impressionistic whirl through 1960s Manhattan... Fans of the show will see echoes of the fictional Sterling Cooper ad men in Maas' real-life colleagues. Maas is a great storyteller, and Mad Women stands enough on its own that even those who have never seen the TV show can enjoy the book.... Mad Men creator Matthew