An irresistible, wickedly funny debut that pulls back the curtain on the book publishing industry...starring a villainess you won't soon forget.
Life is really looking up for Claire Truman. In a New York minute, she lands a plum job at a top publishing house, catapulting her out of editorial assistant status and tripling her salary. In the same stroke of good luck, Claire goes from loser magnet to girlfriend of her decade-long crush: the fabulously successful and gorgeous Randall Cox (who's a nice guy, to boot). The perfect guy, the perfect job...it seems like Claire's dreams are all falling neatly into place.
Enter reality. It doesn't take long before Claire realizes she's working for the publishing world's worst tyrant: the outrageously abusive Vivian Grant, a woman who churns out New York Times bestsellers with the same frequency as she sends traumatized assistants flying out of her office in tears. Soon Claire is in staff meetings that feel more like war zones, at a book party thrown at a strip club, and watching Vivian run her employees into the ground and into therapy.
As Claire's job steals more and more of her time and soul, her relationship with Randall begins to feel the strain. It doesn't help that Claire's been spending overtime with Luke Mayville, a handsome, brilliant novelist whose career she's helping to launch.
With her love life at a crossroads and her work life driving her crazy, Claire can't help wondering if her future will have a happy ending. Her career may be on the fast track, but does she like where it's taking her... and who she might turn into?
Advance praise for BECAUSE SHE CAN
"Clark's tale of a young editor who goes to work for the publisher from hell is laugh-out-loud funny, outrageous, and all too true to the world it portrays."
-Amy Sohn, author of My Old Man and Run Catch Kiss
"Thoughtful as well as hilarious...a charming, clever, quarter-life journey into the careful steps women take-- whether down the career path or the wedding aisle."
-Jill Kargman, author of The Right Address and Wolves in Chic Clothing
"Clark nails the dark side of the vulgar, spiteful boss archetype...[a] devilish read."
-Publishers Weekly
"Entertaining...laugh-out-loud funny."
-Booklist
"The real hook...is the likely publicity, and therefore interest, in this Devil Wears Prada for the book-publishing world."
-Library Journal
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