| International Standard Book Number |
9781668081112 (ebook)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781668081099 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1668081091 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Dickerman, Laura, author.
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| Title Statement |
Hot desk : a novel / Laura Dickerman.
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| Edition Statement |
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
354 pages ; 24 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"In the post-pandemic publishing industry, two rival editors are forced to share a "hot desk" on different days of the week, much to their chagrin. Having never set eyes on each other, Rebecca Blume and Ben Heath begin leaving passive-aggressive Post-it notes on the pot of their shared cactus. But when revered literary legend Edward David Adams (known as "the Lion") dies, leaving his estate up for grabs, their banter escalates as both work feverishly to land this career-making opportunity. Their fierce rivalry ultimately forces each to decide how far they'll go to get ahead, what role they want to play in the Lion's legacy, and what they mean to each other. As their battle for the estate gets more heated, Rebecca learns of a connection between her mother, Jane, and the Lion. The story travels back four decades earlier to when Jane arrives in Manhattan and meets Rose, soon her best friend. Jane and Rose are two strong, talented young women trying to make their mark in the publishing world at a time when art, the written word, and creative expression were at their height. But one fateful day during the April blizzard of 1982 will change the course of Jane's life, and of their friendship, forever... " -- Provided by publisher.
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| Summary, Etc. |
Two rival editors share a desk, and a growing pile of snarky Post-its, while vying for a legendary author's estate, but as their battle intensifies, long-buried secrets from a 1980s publishing friendship threaten to reshape everything they thought they knew.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Man-woman relationships Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Friendship Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Family secrets Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Secrecy Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Editors Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Publishers and publishing Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Generations Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Work environment Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Family-owned business enterprises Management Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
New York (N.Y.) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Romance fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Love stories.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Humorous fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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