![]() ![]() He is jaded and withdrawn and-it turns out-just as lost as Izzy. Beau Towers is not some celebrity lightweight writing a tell-all memoir. ![]() How hard could it be?īut Izzy quickly finds out she is in over her head. So when she overhears her boss complaining about a beastly high-profile author who has failed to deliver his long-awaited manuscript, Isabelle sees an opportunity to finally get the promotion she deserves.Īll she has to do is go to the author’s Santa Barbara mansion and give him a quick pep talk or three. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life. When she first began her career in publishing right out of college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, living at home, still an editorial assistant, and the only Black employee at her publishing house. ![]() ![]() We talk about what we liked/did not like in a book, connections we felt or see in our lives, and check-in with each other in general.įrom Goodreads: "A tale as old as time-for a new generation… Our discussions are informal, there is no pressure to chat much or prepare anything, you can just listen, and all are welcome. Join William & Mary faculty and staff for a discussion of By the Book by Jasmine Guillory. ![]()
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