Synopses & Reviews
Hailed as one of USA Today’s New Voices for her 2011 literary debut, Brooklyn Story, Suzanne Corso brings back the “true female voice” (The New York Times) of aspiring author Samantha Bonti in this breathtaking companion novel.
IT WAS THE DECADE OF BIG MONEY, BIG RISKS, BIG HAIR, AND BIG DREAMS . . . AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE BIG CITY WHERE IT COULD ALL HAPPEN
Growing up in Brooklyn, Samantha Bonti knew the writer’s life she was meant to live waited across the bridge in Manhattan. Summoning the courage to break free from an abusive mobster boyfriend, Sam finally leaves Bensonhurst and begins her new life, working as a temp in a Wall Street brokerage firm. Quickly, she’s swept off her feet by Wall Street player Alec DeMarco, a man of boundless energy, appetites, desires, and the wealth to indulge it all. In a whirlwind courtship, Alec showers Sam with exquisite gifts, the city’s finest cuisine, spontaneous weekend getaways, and, most of all, the love and security a girl from an unstable Brooklyn upbringing craves. But when the party’s over—when Alec’s high-flying career turns litigious and the big money is left on the table—will love be enough to sustain them? With her dream of publishing her novel still very much alive, Sam can’t back down now; she must choose the life that’s most true to who she really is inside.
Review
"The Suite Life is the bright and darksides of the American dream. But imagine this dream being told by a fabulousfriend, the Scheherazade of Brooklyn. She can mesmerize with her story,wow you with details, and keep you on the edge of your chaise lounge or beachchair until the very last page. Suzanne Corso has written a dandy book!"
Review
(1)“The bright and dark sides of the Americandream by the Scheherazade of Brooklyn…Suzanne Corso mesmerizes with her story,wows you with details, and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the verylast page.” —Susan Isaacs
Synopsis
From the author of A Brooklyn Story and one of USA TODAY s celebrated New Voices of 2011, comes a new novel which exposes the over-the-top decadence and corruption of Wall Street s elite.
Hailed as one of USA Today s New Voices for her 2011 literary debut, Brooklyn Story, Suzanne Corso brings back the true female voice (The New York Times) of aspiring author Samantha Bonti in this breathtaking companion novel.
IT WAS THE DECADE OF BIG MONEY, BIG RISKS, BIG HAIR, AND BIG DREAMS . . . AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE BIG CITY WHERE IT COULD ALL HAPPEN
Growing up in Brooklyn, Samantha Bonti knew the writer s life she was meant to live waited across the bridge in Manhattan. Summoning the courage to break free from an abusive mobster boyfriend, Sam finally leaves Bensonhurst and begins her new life, working as a temp in a Wall Street brokerage firm. Quickly, she s swept off her feet by Wall Street player Alec DeMarco, a man of boundless energy, appetites, desires, and the wealth to indulge it all. In a whirlwind courtship, Alec showers Sam with exquisite gifts, the city s finest cuisine, spontaneous weekend getaways, and, most of all, the love and security a girl from an unstable Brooklyn upbringing craves. But when the party s over when Alec s high-flying career turns litigious and the big money is left on the table will love be enough to sustain them? With her dream of publishing her novel still very much alive, Sam can t back down now; she must choose the life that s most true to who she really is inside."
Synopsis
From the author of A Brooklyn Story and one of USA TODAY’s celebrated “New Voices of 2011,” comes a new novel which exposes the over-the-top decadence—and corruption—of Wall Street’s elite.The follow-up to Suzanne Corso’s debut novel, A Brooklyn Story, chronicles Samantha Bonti’s life as a young woman from Brooklyn struggling to rise above her poverty-stricken background and find love and success “over the bridge” in Manhattan. When she meets the man of her dreams in Alec, a successful Wall Street broker, she thinks her prayers for stability and security have been answered. But as she struggles to carve out a place for herself in Alec’s world—the excessively decadent, secretly seedy, and wholly unfamiliar world of Manhattan’s elite—she begins to wonder if she’ll ever truly feel at home by Alec’s side. And when a risky business move coincides with a market crash, Alec’s fortune begins to slip away, and Samantha is left scrambling to pick up the pieces of her swiftly crumbling fairy tale.
About the Author
Suzanne Corso is the author of two feature film screenplays, has produced two documentaries, and written one children’s book. She was chosen as one of USA TODAY's “New Voices of 2011” for her debut novel, A Brooklyn Story. She currently lives in New York City.