Synopses & Reviews
The further adventures of talent agency assistant Lizzie Miller as she finally gets some traction on the slippery Hollywood slope In The Second Assistant, readers across the country found a heroine they loved to love in Lizzie Miller, the smart and witty East Coast girl clinging for dear life to the bottom rung of the Hollywood ladder. But no more coffee runs and sorting thumbtacks by color for Lizzie; shes been promoted. As first assistant to Scott Wagner, now president of The Agency and one of Hollywoods premiere movers and shakers, shes making decisions and learning the ins and outs of the business. But unlike the other airhead assistants, shes not being wooed by the glamour and mystique of Lala Land. At least, thats what she tells herself. But with a fabulous boyfriend and visions of Harry Winston diamonds and a black AmEx dancing in her head, it is getting harder for Lizzie to keep her pumps firmly on the ground.
In The First Assistant, Clare Naylor and Mimi Hare have again joined forces to take a wry and hilarious look at the wheeling, dealing, schmoozing, and snubbing that make Hollywood the cutthroat capital of the world. Readers are hungry for moreand The First Assistant is just the romp into the red-carpet world that they crave.
Review
[A] wicked romp. (
Us Weekly)
Synopsis
A sequel to The Second Assistant finds a promoted Lizzie Miller, a first assistant to new agency president Scott Wagner, rising up the Hollywood ladder and struggling to keep her feet on the ground in the wake of cutthroat deals, Harry Winston diamonds, and prestigious credit cards. 75,000 first printing.
Synopsis
A sequel to The Second Assistant finds a promoted Lizzie Miller, a first assistant to new agency president Scott Wagner, rising up the Hollywood ladder and struggling to keep her feet on the ground in the wake of cutthroat deals, Harry Winston diamonds, and prestigious credit cards. 75,000 first printing.
Synopsis
The further fortunes of everyone?s favorite assistant as she struggles to keep her footing on Hollywood?s slippery slope In The Second Assistant, readers fell in love with smart, witty East Coast girl Elizabeth Miller. Now that Lizzie has been promoted, can she still keep her pumps firmly on the ground in the city of stars? With a viperish subordinate after her job, the world?s hottest teen starlet to keep out of trouble and a boyfriend on location with a beautiful actress, she certainly has her hands full.
The satire is sharper than ever as Naylor and Hare take another wry and hilarious look at the wheeling, dealing, schmoozing, and snubbing that make Hollywood the cutthroat capital of the world. The First Assistant is a lesson in how to survive in a town where tonight?s Oscar frock is tomorrow?s laughing stock.
About the Author
Clare Naylor is the author of three previous novels, including
Love: A User’s Guide and
Catching Alice.
Mimi Hare was, at twenty-three years old, the director of development for a Hollywood production company, where she worked on such feature films as Jerry Maguire and As Good as It Gets. This is her first novel.