- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Virgin Books (13 Aug 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0753519763
- ISBN-13: 978-0753519769
- Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 2.1 x 21.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 303,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“She trades, She wins. She loses But mostly, she wins, and hints, fascinatingly, that if all bankers were female, we might be in less of a mess.” – Evening Standard, January 2010.
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“Frighteningly ambitious … an absorbing read.” - The Sun, January 2010
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Hats off to City Girl for her ability to cash in on a situation, but life is really too short to spend on cliche-ridden, simplistic and poorly written books like this one. If you are looking for the narcissistic obsessions of a low ranking city worker with a chip on her shoulder, then this is the book for you. In later interviews the writer concedes that this is not all fact but is fictionalised in parts - I don't doubt that at all. We are, for example, led to believe that in a meeting at a large City fund manager, City Girl attends a meeting with five men and herself the only woman and she attributes the fact that no-one is offered any of the coffee sitting on the sideboard to the fact that all the men were of course waiting for her to get up and get the coffees. That level of self-absorption is genuinely unhealthy - being a (female) veteran of countless such meetings, I can assure readers that 99% of the time it's a testament to the manners of those around you, not their gender, when things like this happen. It is this sort of over simplified tosh that fills the book. I have seen many reviews here, seemingly by young women, looking to this book as a searing insight into City life. It is not. If it were well written but a poor account then I would happily have stretched to more than two stars, but poorly written, simplistic, exaggerated and self-obsessed? It was a struggle to rate it over one star.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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After reading the City Boy columns in the paper and again in the paperback, I wanted to read more of the same. I've now read both this and Gross Misconduct and have to say they are both excellent. I'd give this one the edge ever so slightly as the main character is likeable and you get a real feel for her life. The book is easy to read during a morning commute, and I'd love to see a sequel.
If you enjoyed City Boy or Gross Misconduct, you'll enjoy this.
If you enjoyed City Boy or Gross Misconduct, you'll enjoy this.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Honestly, after going through some of the one star reviews they did not convey any type of serious constructive criticism once so ever. Working in finance as a woman in London, I did find the book humourous and interesting enough to not put down until I finished. Remember this is based on someone's experience, and everyone has their own perspective on life. Suzana shares her experiences, and the conclusions you make as a reader about this book are entirely up to you. I am smart enough to figure out what I found inspirational and what I found really non-applicable.
I suggest every woman, homemakers, businesswomen or girls simply working on the high street, to pick it up for a fantastic read and hopefully provide some food for thought. I loved it!
Thanks Suzana for sharing your tale!
I suggest every woman, homemakers, businesswomen or girls simply working on the high street, to pick it up for a fantastic read and hopefully provide some food for thought. I loved it!
Thanks Suzana for sharing your tale!
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It is a good book in general. I like the detailed description of how she made it to become a trader. It makes me think of the early days of my career. Read more
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Published 3 months ago by PAT ILOTT ARTIST
That's how I lost my job !
Back in 1980 I got employed with a Dutch commercial bank. In the twenty following years I was professionally educated in solidity: making profits is the prime target, but whatever... Read more
Published 3 months ago by W R Visser
Weak sensationalist rubbish....1 star is too much
At best this book is a small scratch on the surface of London's finance industry. At worst it is a story riddled with inconsistencies and merely acts as an extension of the... Read more
Published 8 months ago by K. Powers
Trash
I work for a large company, and I am also something of a feminist so I thought this book would be worth reading. It wasn't. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jenn
Great read!
Kafka gave me analyses of loneliness, hopelessness and feelings of being misunderstood.
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Published 14 months ago by M. AKBARI
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