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Confessions of a Grammar Queen
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Confessions of a Grammar Queen

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From the USA Today bestselling author of The Mayfair Bookshop comes a fun and fierce tale of one woman's fight to the top of the 20th-century publishing industry - and the close-knit book club that makes it possible.


There are no female publishing CEOs in 1960s New York. And that is exactly what savvy, ambitious Bernadette Swift plans to change.

Bernadette Swift, a young copyeditor at Lenox & Park Publishing, is determined to become the first female CEO in the publishing industry. But first, she needs to take the next step up that ladder with a promotion that her boorish and sexist boss wants to thwart.

Seeking a base of support, Bernadette joins a feminist women's book club at the New York Public Library, and soon, she's inspiring her fellow members to challenge the male gatekeepers and decades of ingrained sexism in their workplaces to pursue their personal and professional dreams.

And that is precisely what Bernadette does on a daily basis: keeps her eye on the prize - equality for women in the workplace and a promotion - while fending off the ire of her boss and the sabotaging efforts of a jealous coworker. With the support of her book club buddies and a certain charismatic editor at Lenox & Park who has completely fallen for her, maybe, just maybe, Bernadette will prove able to claim victory for herself and the young women who follow in her footsteps.

A brilliant tale of feminist heroes and charming book clubs, Confessions of a Grammar Queen is a must-read for historical and literary fiction fans.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Inc
Country
United States
Date
10 June 2025
Pages
432
ISBN
9781464251788

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Mayfair Bookshop comes a fun and fierce tale of one woman's fight to the top of the 20th-century publishing industry - and the close-knit book club that makes it possible.


There are no female publishing CEOs in 1960s New York. And that is exactly what savvy, ambitious Bernadette Swift plans to change.

Bernadette Swift, a young copyeditor at Lenox & Park Publishing, is determined to become the first female CEO in the publishing industry. But first, she needs to take the next step up that ladder with a promotion that her boorish and sexist boss wants to thwart.

Seeking a base of support, Bernadette joins a feminist women's book club at the New York Public Library, and soon, she's inspiring her fellow members to challenge the male gatekeepers and decades of ingrained sexism in their workplaces to pursue their personal and professional dreams.

And that is precisely what Bernadette does on a daily basis: keeps her eye on the prize - equality for women in the workplace and a promotion - while fending off the ire of her boss and the sabotaging efforts of a jealous coworker. With the support of her book club buddies and a certain charismatic editor at Lenox & Park who has completely fallen for her, maybe, just maybe, Bernadette will prove able to claim victory for herself and the young women who follow in her footsteps.

A brilliant tale of feminist heroes and charming book clubs, Confessions of a Grammar Queen is a must-read for historical and literary fiction fans.

Tropes Books About Books Heroic Book Club Historical Fiction Womens Fiction

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Inc
Country
United States
Date
10 June 2025
Pages
432
ISBN
9781464251788