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Bright, ambitious Sophie Landgraf has landed a job as a Wall Street analyst. The small-town girl finally has her ticket to the American elite, but she doesnt realize the toll it will takeon her boyfriend, on her family, and on her. It isnt long before Sophie is floundering in this male-dominated world, and things are about to get worse.With the financial crisis looming, Sophie becomes embroiled in a multibillion-dollar merger that could make or break her career. The problem Three men at the top of their game, each with very different reasons for advancing the merger. Now Sophie doesnt know whom to trustor how far shell go to get ahead.Set inside the high-stakes world of finance, Manhattans after-hours clubs, and factories in the Midwest and India, this is the high-powered, heartfelt story of a young woman finding her footing on Wall Street as it crumbles beneath her.



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Laura Hemphill

After graduating from Yale in 2003, Laura Hemphill spent seven years on Wall Street, at Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse, and hedge fund Dune Capital. She left finance to write Buying In. Her writing has appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek and on NewYorker.com. Laura and her husband live in Manhattan, where she's working on her second novel.

To learn more, visit laurahemphill.com.



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