num_pages: 160
description: Lonely, depressed, Vermont transplant Mirabelle Buttersfield, who sells expensive evening gloves nobody ever buys at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills and spends her evenings watching television with her two cats. She attempts to forge a relationship with middle-aged, womanizing, Seattle millionaire Ray Porter while being pursued by socially inept and unambitious slacker Jeremy.With more than 340,000 copies in print, Steve Martin's Shopgirl has landed on bestseller lists nationwide including: New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times.Filled with the kind of witty, discerning observations that have brought Steve Martin incredible critical success, this story of modern day love and romance is a work of disarming tenderness.
language: English
title: Shopgirl
titlecomplete: Shopgirl
characters: Ray Porter, Jeremy Malory, Mirabelle Buttersfield
genres: Adult, Chick Lit, Adult Fiction, Humor, Novella, Novels, Romance, Audiobook, Contemporary, Fiction
ratings_count: 37906
places: Beverly Hills, California, California
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Grammy Award
category: Best Spoken Word Album
publisher: Hyperion