num_pages: 290
description: When other little girls were dreaming about becoming doctors or lawyers Alex Garrett set her sights on conquering the high-powered world of Wall Street. And though she's prepared to fight her way into an elitist boys' club or duck the occasional errant football she quickly realizes she's in over her head when she's relegated to a kiddie-size folding chair with her new monikerGirlieinscribed in Wite-Out across the back.No matter. She's determined to make it in bond sales at Cromwell Pierce one of the Street's most esteemed brokerage firms. Keeping her eyes on the prize the low Girlie on the totem pole will endure whatever comes her waywhether trekking to the Bronx for a $1000 wheel of Parmesan cheese; discovering a secretary's secret Friday night slumber/dance party in the conference room; fielding a constant barrage of friendly practical jokes; learning the ropes from Chick her unpredictable slightly scary loyalty-demanding boss; babysitting a colleague while he consumes the contents of a vending machine on a $28000 bet; or eluding the advances of a corporate stalker who's also one of the firm's biggest clients.Ignoring her friends' pleas to quit Alex excels (while learning how to roll with the punches and laugh at herself) and soon advances from lowly analyst to slightly-less-lowly associate. Suddenly she's addressed by her real name and the impenetrable boys' club has transformed into forty older brothers and one possible boyfriend. Then the apocalypse hits and Alex is forced to choose between sticking with Cromwell Pierce as it teeters on the brink of disaster or kicking off her Jimmy Choos and running for higher ground.
language: English
title: Bond Girl
publisher: William Morrow