Gold Diggers
A Novel
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4.4 • 5 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
ENTER THE WORLD OF “GUCCI, GLITZ, AND GLAMOUR”* IN THIS DELICIOUSLY DECADENT LOOK INTO THE LIVES OF THE YOUNG, THE RICH, THE BEAUTIFUL, AND THE CONNIVING
Paulette, Gillian, and Reese are three gold diggers who have dollar signs in their eyes and gold digging in their DNA. Lauren is Paulette’s pampered cousin who never fails to remind Paulette of how different their lives have always been—Lauren the daughter of wealthy black urbanites and Paulette the daughter of the family black sheep who married “beneath her family pedigree.” Paulette will stop at nothing—not even sleeping with her cousin Lauren’s husband—to gain the social status she feels she rightfully deserves. Gillian is a second-generation gold digger and, having learned from the best, strategically sleeps her way to Hollywood—but does she have the talent to be a lasting star? Reese is a career basketball groupie turned NBA trophy wife, and she wears it well, taking advantage of everything her new position affords; but when she finds out that DL may be more than just her husband’s best friend’s initials, she may be forced to realize that all that glitters isn’t gold. The stunningly beautiful, well-bred, but naïve Lauren is the secret envy of her friends. She seems to have all the creature comforts money can buy, but when she’s confronted with a crisis of her own, just how will she respond?
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In Howard's ineptly executed latest (after Never Kiss and Tell), wealthy housewife Lauren, her scheming publicist cousin Paulette, disgruntled NBA wife Reese and aspiring actress Gillian are more or less friends. But greed and marital infidelity cause problems big and small, ensuring punishment for the plotters and happiness for the victims. Unfortunately, Howard's L.A. is hackneyed and her New York is 20 years out of date (Williamsburg, Brooklyn, for instance, is portrayed as a scary industrial wasteland), and though her fashion name-dropping is lackluster (expect the expected: Prada, Gucci, more Prada), she's markedly bling-conversant, especially when talking about her own jewelry line (items from which are described as "stunning," "exquisite" and "one of a kind"). The characters may be swathed in decadence, but the novel is lacking.
