About the Book
Is it too late for coffee or too early for wine? That’s a question Madeline Burke has come to ask herself all too often. She needs a change, and a big one at that.
Coming into her late 20s, she finally finds the courage to pull herself out of a boring 9-to-5 life in Texas and launch the exciting new career she’s always dreamed about. Thanks to a little chutzpah and some quick thinking, she has landed an internship working in film publicity in New York City. It’s her favorite city in the world, concrete jungle where dreams are made…or crushed. The prospect is both exciting and intimidating for a woman with an ambitious work ethic and a pesky anxiety problem. What could possibly go wrong?
As Madeline goes behind the velvet ropes of movie premieres and celebrity press tours, she finds out what really happens after the cameras flash. Navigating her way through splashy scandals, inflated egos, romantic entanglements, and impossible office demands has her catching her breath behind one too many bathroom stall doors.
The hectic and fast-paced reality that is her new life has her questioning whether or not she has what it takes to stick it out. She decides it is up to her and her alone to make it in New York City.
As the saying goes, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere…right?
My Review
YES! I have hit a bit of rough patch with my reading choices lately, and If I Can Make It Here came along at the perfect time to get me back on track. The cover immediately called to me, but the synopsis had me hooked. New York, working with celebrities … I was all to jump into this chick lit story and had such a fun time reading it. Madeline is a sweet lead, moving from Texas to New York and working in film publicity, knowing no one in the big city. Drama ensues with her internship, not with the celebrities but those who work with her, and I was constantly rooting for her to get the respect I thought she deserved on the job. We of course have a romance angle in here and I loved it! There are so many moments that made me smile, laugh, cringe, seethe, and also plenty of scenes that I found relatable, even though I live in Iowa and do not work on the daily with celebrity clients. If you are a chick lit fan, I highly recommend!
5 stars
