GOOD-BYE TO ALL THAT
“Candela combines a cunning wit with a deep understanding of the office politics specific to the entertainment industry…”
— Publishers Weekly
”Candela captures the ups and downs of Hollywood in her appealing send-up of the cutthroat side of the industry.”
— Booklist
The only novel in Los Angeles Magazine’s 2010 “Best of L.A.” list!
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When her Hollywood career goes haywire, a young woman must say good-bye to all that . . . or must she?
Raquel Azorian has worked her way from temp to executive assistant and is this close to a promotion to junior marketing exec at Belmore Corporation, the media behemoth she’s devoted herself to. She’s learned to play the Hollywood game—navigate office politics, schmooze the right people, avoid the wrong ones, and maintain a sense of decorum even in the craziest of times. All she needs is for her boss to sign her promotion memo. Instead of putting pen to paper, he suffers a very public meltdown that puts not only his professional future but also Raquel’s on the line.
Getting to the next rung on the Belmore ladder will require every ounce of focus, but that’s not going to be easy. Raquel’s mom has decided to leave her husband and move into Raquel’s apartment, and her older brother seems to be sinking deeper and deeper into depression. Raquel has to keep her job, stop her parents from divorcing, and save her brother. In the chaos of juggling so much, she finally reaches a breaking point: there’s just not enough time for everything or for everyone. She’s going to have to choose—success at work or happiness at home. But then a chance encounter at a bookstore café leads Raquel to start planning her own Hollywood ending . . . on her own terms.
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Reviews
“Getting ahead in Hollywood poses a challenge for Raquel Azorian, a lowly marketing assistant at a major production company, and while she has ambition, energy, and smarts, the heroine of Candela's wry latest doesn't have a mentor or even a boss who can hold it together. Determined to chart a course that will save her job and yield a well-deserved promotion, Raquel goes Working Girl, calls on her few friends, and begins making big plans. When a sexy superior takes an interest in her, there's equal potential for success and disaster; meanwhile, her parents and brother have plenty of problems and lean on Raquel for help. Candela (More Than This) combines a cunning wit with a deep understanding of the office politics specific to the entertainment industry to create a frantic atmosphere and a near breathless momentum as the story barrels toward an ending that's anything but your focusgrouped happy fade-out.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Twenty-five-year-old Raquel Azorian is the assistant to the VP of marketing at Belmore Corporation, a prosperous movie and television production company. She's angling for a promotion to a junior exec position when her boss' misstep at a meeting puts her hopes in serious jeopardy. Suddenly, she's being targeted by a vengeful exec who wants her boss' job, while being frozen out by the other assistants. On the plus side, she has caught the eye of Belmore's golden boy, who flirts with her and sweeps her off her feet. Her precarious work situation might be more bearable if her home life weren't a mess, too. Her high-spirited mother has just left her father and moved in with Raquel, much to her dismay. With her life turned upside down, Raquel makes a bid to save both her job and her boss' by launching the career of an aspiring actor. Candela captures the ups and downs of Hollywood in her appealing send-up of the cutthroat side of the industry.”
— Kristine Huntley, Booklist