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Summary: Wit with bite and heart
Review: It is common knowledge that the right address can make you...or is it? Former flight attendant,Melanie Sartomsky not only married Arthur Korn the Coffin King)she moved to Park Avenue. However, the right address is unable to insure her acceptance into society. Melanie is hobbled by the ghost of the first Mrs. Korn, Diandra, the perfect social butterfly. Oh,she can volunteer and donate and go to all the right parties. She can wear all the right "names" to her heart's content,even pointing that fact out to all around her. No matter how much
she tries, Melanie is shut out. With the help of her butler Mr. Guffey, she sets out to recreate herself in Diandra's image. A few off the cuff comments to the social writer of the Observer, and Melanie discovers how brutal popular opinion can be. She also has to decide if she really wants to become like the first Mrs. Korn, or even an accepted member of the social elite....is she willing to pay the price?Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargam admit to having spent their entire lives eavesdropping on "insane
socialites" as students of the toney Spence School on New York's posh Upper east Side. Witty,pointed and observant,"The Right Address" is a keen observer of the rarified social whirl and the presumed importance its participants take upon themselves.
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Summary: Hilarious inside scoops from hilarious insiders.
Review: A perfect portrait of the vain and those who simply aspire to vanity. I laughed from start to finish at the super-rich Manhattan doyennes, their snotty, stick-thin daughters, and the captains of industry who marry the former and lust after the latter. This is the stuff only those truly in the know could write. "Finnegan's Wake?" No, but I'm glad I started my summer with it. Stop lying to yourself; you KNOW you want to know what's really going on...
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Summary: No good, I'm afraid.
Review: As a former resident of the 10021 zip code, I admit I bought this with considerable glee. Unfortunately, the book is more or less dreadful. After the first hundred pages I faced the fact that there were no likable characters, and I would have put it down if I hadn't been trapped with it on an airplane. My perseverance was rewarded with insipid story lines and inelegant prose. Frankly, it was so poorly done that when I saw that another book I was planning to purchase was from the same publisher, Broadway Books, I put it back on the shelf. That may have been irrational, but when I read The Right Address, I had to stop and shake my head angrily at the photo of the authors on the back cover on many occasions. Perhaps, since I lived "East of Lexington" I can't fully appreciate the novel. (The authors will tell you that is very gauche so I did have to laugh that once)I will give them credit for one very good thing. The authors deserve to be lauded for exposing the illegal shahtoosh market where extremely endangered Tibetan antelope (also known as chiru) are killed to make shawls for Park Avenue matrons. Even so, I'm afraid I'd suggest the money you might spend on the book should go to the World Wildlife Foundation instead. I wish I'd read the Publisher's Weekly review first as it's quite accurate.
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Summary: Horrible
Review: Author, author. . .for your information Bonwitt's is spelled Bonwit's as in Bonwit Teller. The store must have closed before you were born.
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Summary: Karasyov and Kargman have created a winning novel
Review: Being rich isn't quite as easy it looks. Just ask Melanie Sartomsky Korn --- she'll tell you. When this Florida flight attendant meets the billionaire of her dreams, Arthur Korn, "The Coffin King," she thinks all of her troubles are over. Little does she know they've only just begun. What nobody told Melanie is that entrance into society, at least Park Avenue society, requires more than buckets full of money. It requires wearing the right clothes, saying the right thing and having the right connections, none of which Melanie has a clue about and makes painfully obvious with one faux pas after another. Whoever thought "marrying up" would be such hard work? No matter how hard Melanie tries, the other "ladies" will not allow her to forget where she's come from, how she got there or that she most definitely is not one of them. It doesn't help that she's young and gorgeous and they're, um, well, they're not. It also doesn't help that she doesn't know which fork to use, what length and style of a dress to wear to an afternoon tea or whether or not fur is déclassé. Learning what is done and not done in the highest echelons of Manhattan society can be exhausting! In spite of her struggles for acceptance, Melanie never stops trying. She goes on a decorating rampage, changes her wardrobe and even hires a PR firm all under the tutelage of her intimidating but ultimately endearing British butler, Mr. Guffey. With his help, she might just stand a chance. As if Melanie wasn't nervous enough dealing with the society matrons, she also has to compete with the specter of her husband Arthur's ex-wife, Diandra. There is no shortage of those eager to sing Diandra's praises, leaving Melanie feeling more insecure than ever. Just when she begins to see a glimmer of acceptance and success, Melanie does an interview with a local journalist that leaves what little reputation she had begun to build in tatters. She can either hide or fight. Welcome to this novel where trailer trash meets society snobs and the gloves are off. If you love society, scandal and stories about the rich and the richer, look no further. THE RIGHT ADDRESS will fulfill your every need. The great thing about THE RIGHT ADDRESS is that everything works out in the end, although perhaps not in the expected manner. One word of warning though --- don't start reading this one until you have a day to yourself. I guarantee you won't want to put it down until you're finished and woe betide anyone who interrupts you! Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman have created a winning novel in this collaboration. No one but a true insider could dish the dirt the way they do in THE RIGHT ADDRESS and with just the right amount of wit, humor and insight. --- Reviewed by Amie Taylor
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Summary: NO NEED TO PURCHASE THIS BOOK
Review: Boring, very sad description of Manhattan's socialites. I guess the writers had to have "friends in high places" to have this horrible and poorly written book published. Save your money and buy something else.
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Summary: Get out the bowl of popcorn and have some fun!
Review: Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman tell you the story of Melanie Sartomsky Korn who learns her lesson about trying too hard to "fit in" with the wrong crowd. Melanie Sartomsky had a difficult childhood, her mother died when she was 14, and her father was an alcoholic. Melanie grew up in a trailer park in Florida and became determined to make a better life for her self. She tried her hand at many different careers. Her last job was as a flight attendant, where she met her future husband, billionaire Arthur Korn. Melanie did not realize the type of life that Arthur was a part of in New York until she was carried over the doorstep of her Fifth Avenue apartment. Melanie tries her hardest to fit in, go to parties, wear the right designer clothes, and name-drop when appropriate. The high society ladies do not want her near them. Despite generously donating to all their charities, Melanie is the woman they all love to hate. Melanie competes with the perfect image of Arthur's first wife, Diandra. Melanie tries to get help from her English butler, Mr. Guffey for clues on how to fit in. It is not until Billy Crispin from the New York Observer rakes Melanie over the coals in a scathing article about being a social climber. At first Melanie is dismayed and tries to avoid everyone connected to her social climbing dreams. She comes to her senses, realizing she only has to be herself and then things begin to change for her. There are many additional stories going on in The Right Address, about the hidden struggles of this fashionable crowd. Cordelia and Morgan Vance married for 28 years. He struggles with fidelity, and she struggles with finding a purpose in her life. Olivia Weston, supposedly is a successful author. Wendy Marshall and Joan Coddington find strength in each other while denying their own personal problems. Although there are "bumps" along the way, all these stories are nicely woven together to create a fun, easy, enjoyable weekend read.
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Summary: Worthless Drivel
Review: Don't even waste your time...this is a seriously awful, awful book. Is there a minus star rating?
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Summary: Summer Society Reading
Review: For what it is, a fictional account of the limits women will go to live in the Upper East Side society world, this book is a gem of a novel. Melanie, the main character, although misguided and flawed, still comes across as someone you'd like to go shopping with. She's shallow in the way that many women are shallow...what's wrong with wanting people to like you, obtaining the hottest thing since pashmina or keeping your past a secret? She does it all, fails miserably, but bounces back. Read it.
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Summary: A new low for publishing
Review: How could this utter twaddle make it into print? Reading it was a complete waste of my time and money. It's sufficiently bad for me to write this, my first review. Heed the warning.
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