Everyone Worth Knowing

Lauren Weisberger

Nov 2005 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada comes an irresistible novel about what happens when a girl on the fringe enters the realm of New York's chic, party-hopping elite.

On paper, Bette Robinson's life is good. At twenty-six, she's got a great deal on an apartment in Manhattan, and she's on target to become an associate at the prestigious investment bank where she works with her best friend. Her eighty-hour workweeks might keep her from socializing or dating outside her office walls—but she's paying her dues on the well-trod path to wealth and happiness. So when Bette quits her job like the impulsive girl she's never been, she not only shocks her friends and family—she has no idea what to do next.

For months, Bette gets out and about by walking her four-pound dog around her decidedly unglamorous Murray Hill neighborhood. Then she meets Kelly, head of Manhattan's hottest PR and events planning firm, and suddenly Bette has a brand-new job where the primary requirement is to see and be seen.

The work at Kelly & Company takes Bette inside the VIP rooms of the city's most exclusive nightclubs, to parties crowded with celebrities and socialites. Bette learns not to blink at the famous faces, the black Amex cards, the magnums of Cristal, or the ruthless paparazzi. Soon she's dating an infamous playboy who's great for her career but bad for her sanity—and scaring off the one decent guy she meets. Still, as her coworkers repeatedly point out, how can you complain about a job that pays you to party? Bette has to agree—until she begins appearing in a vicious new gossip column. That's when Bette's life on paper takes on a whole new meaning—and she learns the line between her personal and professional lives is...invisible.

Ratings and reviews

Veintiséis años, un buen apartamento en Manhattan y, en breve, posible asociada en el banco de inversiones donde trabaja con su mejor amiga. Por eso, cuando decide dejar su trabajo como la chica impulsiva que nunca ha sido, no tiene ni idea de qué hará después. Durante meses su única ocupación es pasear a su perro por Murray Hill, un barrio que no se caracteriza precisamente por su glamour. Y en esas estaba cuando conoció a Kelly, directora de una famosa agencia de relaciones públicas, para la que ahora trabaja. Nada complicado, esencialmente ver y dejarse ver en todas las salas VIP de los clubes nocturnos más exclusivos de la ciudad. Lo único que ha necesitado es evitar la cara de pasmada que se le ponía al ver rostros famosos, American Express negras, botellas mágnum de champán Cristal, o paparazzis. No, la vida de Bette Robinson tampoco ahora es mala. Pero todo, todo es susceptible de empeorar, pues acaba de convertirse en uno de los personajes asiduos de una columna periodística dedicada al famoseo. Y se ha dado cuenta de que la línea entre su vida profesional y su vida personal es... invisible. Y Bette se pregunta si es aquí donde deseaba llegar realmente...

I thought this book was amazing. I'm 15 and this book makes me want to go into PR. I didn't really like this book at first, but then when i continued to read it, it got better. I couldn't put the book down for 2 days! I even looked online for your other books. I've already read Everyone Worth Knowing and The Devil Wears Prada. I liked them both. I hope you write some more books.

I just loved this book. If you are familiar with and loved The Devil Wears Prada as I am you will totally love this book too. A great book to leave you life for a while and live the big famous life with of course all of the problems going to the character instead of you. LOVED IT!!!

About the author

Lauren Weisberger is the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada, which was published in forty languages and made into a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. It was announced in 2017 that musician Elton John and Paul Rudnick will adapt The Devil Wears Prada for the stage. She is also the author of Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty, When Life Gives You Lululemons, The Singles Game, Everyone Worth Knowing, Chasing Harry Winston, Last Night at Chateau Marmont, and Revenge Wears Prada. Her books have sold more than thirteen million copies worldwide. A graduate of Cornell University, she lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children. Visit LaurenWeisberger.com to learn more.