In the bestselling tradition of The Devil Wears Prada, real-life movie publicist's Rachel Pine's razor-sharp satire, The Twins of Tribeca, perfectly captures the behind-the-scenes machinations of the film industry in all its glory. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Twins of Tribeca was absolutely solid entertainment. I read alot of different types of books--non fiction, schmaltzy fiction, serious fiction, you name it. But TOT really stood out. It's absolutely hilarious, has a heroine whose truly likable, and has some quite unforgettable characters. The book is an expose, filled with what I'm sure are both half-truths and full-truths, about Miramax during the 1997-1999 period. These were...
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Fun, flirty book. I read it cover to cover in one day. The heroine Karen is great. Everybody who's ever had a hellacious job can relate. And all the insidery comments are hysterical. Great summer read.
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As an avid reader, I'd been hearing about this book for quite some time (all about the inner workings of a star-studded, oscar-winning, wildly famous major motion picture studio based in New York City). So much publicity and the book hadn't even been released yet. Well, now it has. And I'm very excited to say that it TOTALLY lives up to all its hype and then some! Twins of Tribeca is really great. Laugh out loud funny,...
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There is nothing like a breathtakingly good book that simply will not let you put it down, regardless of what time you have to get up the next morning. Even better is when it is a debut novel. I found "Twins of Tribeca" by Rachel Pine to be such a novel. It was so good, so gossipy, so dishy, and so well-written that I simply had no choice but to finish the book in one read. Bored with her job at CNN, Karen Jacobs (our...
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For anyone curious about what it's really and truly like on the inside of the adreneline-fueled, ego-filled world "behind the scenes" at a major movie studio, this is it. With a heroine blessed with a big heart and desire to make it, the unexpected twists and turns of the Business are populated with unrelenting and outright over-the-top personalities, crazed demands, and a workplace entirely entertaining but definitely not...
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