When it first published in 1958, Rona Jaffe's debut novel electrified readers wh
o saw themselves reflected in its story of five young employees of a New York pu
blishing company. There's Ivy League Caroline, who dreams of graduating from the
typing pool to an editor's office; naive country girl April, who within months
of hitting town reinvents herself as the woman every man wants on his arm; Gregg
, the free-spirited actress with a secret yearning for domesticity. Now a classi
c, and as page-turning as when it first came out, The Best of Everything portray
s their lives and passions with inteligence, affection, and prose as sharp as a
paper cut.
