Lucy Ellis moved to the Big Apple to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a fashion designer, but the native Midwesterner has just about had it with the city. A mousy, self-conscious girl trapped in a job at a designer sweatshop, Lucy has been mistreated, road-blocked, and otherwise insulted since her arrival. Overwhelmed by city life, Lucy is about to pack it all in and return home to Minnesota. Then she meets Wyatt.
After being publicly dissed by the glamour girl heвЂTMd been dating, man-about-town (and bored Ph.D. anthropologist) Wyatt Hayes wants to prove heвЂTMs still at the top of his game and boasts to his best friend that he can transform any girl—even wallflower Lucy Ellis—into this yearвЂTMs “It” girl. If he can fool the upper crust of New York society into thinking an impostor like Lucy is the real thing, he can rip the chiffon veil off the whole Park Avenue social scene.
LucyвЂTMs an unlikely candidate to become a red-carpet butterfly, but she considers it her last resort and jumps at the opportunity to “become somebody” in New York. Wyatt begins to rigorously train Lucy in the style, sounds, and sensibilities of socialites born with entire sets of silver spoons in their mouths. Three months of preparation culminate in LucyвЂTMs appearance at the ultra-exclusive Fashion Forum Gala, where Lucy and Wyatt finally confront New YorkвЂTMs aristocracy—and their feelings for each other.
Set against the glittering backdrop of contemporary Manhattan, The Overnight Socialite puts a 21st-century sheen on a timeless story of transformation and unlikely love.
From Publishers Weekly Clark ( Because She Can ) moves the Pygmalion myth to Manhattan, adds a dash of Thelma and Louise and proves what goes around, comes around to those born to the manor or trailer park. Professor Higgins is recast as suave bachelor Wyatt Hayes IV, the sleekest lion in the pride, who picks down-on-her-luck fashion designer wannabe Lucy Jo Ellis to make over into the toast of the town. The deal is eventually struck—makeover and a shot at well-born fashion contacts for a gentleman's bet that masks a lucrative and career-saving book deal. Along the way, these perfectly matched antagonists battle mean-as-a-snake society snoots and their own misguided ambitions to find happiness and each other. (And, it should be said, the Rain in Spain remix is pretty great: The snow in Gstaad puts Aspen's to shame! the newly svelte and prepped Lucy proclaims.) Yes, of course the ending's no surprise, but the rollicking, smart-aleck fun along the way is worth the price of admission. (Dec.)
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From Booklist Lucy Jo Ellis, from a small town in Minnesota, moved to New York with the dream of becoming a famous designer, but so far, working in a dress shop cutting out patterns, she hasnвЂTMt gotten very far. Wyatt Hayes is a Harvard-educated anthropologist from money, very old money, who just dumped his socialite girlfriend. Suddenly inspired while waiting for a taxi, he bets his friend that he can turn a girl, any girl, into a bona fide New York socialite, no matter how corn-fed she is. Lucy needs a job, so she agrees to the experiment. In a whirlwind of personal trainers, designer gowns, spa retreats, and elocution lessons, Lucy is transformed, and now she must decide which of the Lucys is really her, and if Wyatt is simply a scientist or if there is more to his story. Clark offers a charming twenty-first-century update of Pygmalion and My Fair Lady. --Hilary Hatton

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lgli/Bridie Clark - The Overnight Socialite (epub)

Bridie Clark

Hachette Book Group

Perseus Books Group

Hachette Books

United States, United States of America

S.I, 2009

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Lucy Ellis Moved To The Big Apple To Pursue Her Lifelong Dream Of Becoming A Fashion Designer, But The Native Midwesterner Has Just About Had It With The City. A Mousy, Self-conscious Girl Trapped In A Job At A Designer Sweatshop, Lucy Has Been Mistreated, Road-blocked, And Otherwise Insulted Since Her Arrival. Overwhelmed By City Life, Lucy Is About To Pack It All In And Return Home To Minnesota. Then She Meets Wyatt. After Being Publicly Dissed By The Glamour Girl He'd Been Dating, Man-about-town (and Bored Ph.d. Anthropologist) Wyatt Hayes Wants To Prove He's Still At The Top Of His Game And Boasts To His Best Friend That He Can Transform Any Girl -- Even Wallflower Lucy Ellis -- Into This Year's It Girl. If He Can Fool The Upper Crust Of New York Society Into Thinking An Impostor Like Lucy Is The Real Thing, He Can Rip The Chiffon Veil Off The Whole Park Avenue Social Scene. Lucy's An Unlikely Candidate To Become A Red-carpet Butterfly, But She Considers It Her Last Resort And Jumps At The Opportunity To Become Somebody In New York. Wyatt Begins To Rigorously Train Lucy In The Style, Sounds, And Sensibilities Of Socialites Born With Entire Sets Of Silver Spoons In Their Mouths. Three Months Of Preparation Culminate In Lucy's Appearance At The Ultra-exclusive Fashion Forum Gala, Where Lucy And Wyatt Finally Confront New York's Aristocracy -- And Their Feelings For Each Other. Set Against The Glittering Backdrop Of Contemporary Manhattan, The Overnight Socialite Puts A 21st-century Sheen On A Timeless Story Of Transformation And Unlikely Love.

In this retelling of the classic Pygmalion, Lucy Ellis dreams of making it as a fashion designer but toils away on a Garment District assembly line. Man-about-town and bored anthropologist Wyatt Hayes IV has a score to settle with Cornelia Rockman, New York's reigning socialite. Can Wyatt fool Cornelia and her East Coast aristocracy into thinking a trailer-born nobody like Lucy is this year's "It" girl?

From the author of the media sensation Because She Can, a modern retelling of classics My Fair Lady and Pygmalion, The Overnight Socialite tells a timeless story of transformation and unlikely love set against the glittering backdrop of contemporary Manhattan

2013-06-13