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"Maggie McCauley is a typical American girl who grows up in the Midwest, healthy, confident, and assertive.
She foregoes college because of a disastrous high school romance, and goes to work at the local bank. In a few years, she hopes for a supervisory role, and private life is carefree and fun while she waits for her real prince to come. However, Maggie is derailed at the bank due to a merger and her lack of a college degree, so she consoles herself with a trip to Spain with her two best friends, Bobbi and Kim. Since her prince hasn't shown up yet, she has high hopes of meeting him there. Carlos is handsome, polite, and ardent, but he turns out to be a con man. By now, Maggie's self-esteem is in the dumper, but she is wide-awake and ready to face reality.
Fed up with the bank and knowing she needs a degree, Maggie gets a job at Basic Industries and forges ahead with evening classes. She meets two people at Basic who will prove tremendously helpful, Ed Willets who becomes her mentor and Lucy Woodring who proves to be a good friend and trusted advisor. Not a moment too soon because time passes swiftly on the hazardous career path. The years that follow are filled with hard work, learning the facts of corporate life, and solid achievements. Maggie enjoys almost every minute of it, and meets Jim Hodges, a young engineer at Basic, who soon becomes her good friend and lover.
However, battle lines are quickly drawn as Maggie's direct manager, Eileen Hister, recognizes Maggie's ability and ambition. Eileen is the “Queen Bee” at Basic and will resort to underhanded methods to prevent another woman from reaching her level. Some of Maggie's peers play rough too. After all, if they can make Maggie look bad, maybe they'll win by default.
Maggie stays in touch with her old friends, Bobbi and Kim, even though their lives are quite different now. These differences provide a useful perspective for Maggie, and she comes to realize that there's nothing wrong with following her own path, even if it does not include that traditional husband and family. The climax is her decision to fight for the position she's earned at Basic Industries and not to follow in her lover's wake. Maggie is successful, and the story ends with a new romance.
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Mary Anne Broadhurst, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Tone of book?
- humorous
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Training/promotions story
Yes
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- lack of a boyfriend/girlfriend/squeeze
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
United States
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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