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The Other Beautiful People

by Caroline Bock

Behind the spotlight in Manhattan

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Behind the spotlight in Manhattan

Set in midtown Manhattan’s entertainment industry, the novel centers on Amy Greene, a marketing and public-relations executive at a struggling cable network devoted to classic and independent films. Her professional life is entangled with competing ties to her charismatic boss and her husband. The story also places Amy’s personal upheaval alongside the network of relationships and losses reshaped by 9/11 and her father’s death. Work, marriage, family, and private secrets meet in a setting where the people behind the screen—not the stars in its light—take center stage.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in workplace fiction set in the entertainment industry.
  • Readers drawn to stories about marriage, family, and personal secrets.
  • Readers interested in fiction that situates private lives amid the events of 9/11.

Themes

Entertainment-industry workMarriage and divided loyaltiesFamily lossSecrets and personal upheaval

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Book overview

In the entertainment world, the spotlight shines on the beautiful-- but behind the scenes are those who make the magic happen. Amy Greene is one of them. As head of marketing and public relations at the Cinema Channel, a beloved yet struggling cable network devoted to classic and independent films based in midtown Manhattan, Amy is at the height of her career-- but her life is anything but steadfast. Torn between her charismatic boss, Owen Orski, and her husband Jack, Amy's world schisms with 9/11, the death of her father, and the secrets she's kept locked away. The Other Beautiful People is a dazzling cinematic novel about love, loss, and the search for meaning-- in work, family, and the spaces in between. It's a story that will captivate your heart and stay with you long after the final scene. The Other Beautiful People is a workplace love story unlike any other.
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