Climbing in Heels
A Novel
by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas
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Pub Date Apr 29 2025 | Archive Date May 13 2025
Description
Climbing in Heels, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas's debut novel, is a fictional tale of the rise of three secretaries at the hottest agency in 1980's Hollywood, giving you a glimpse into the boys-will-be-boys club and the women who wanted a seat at a table where they were expected to serve.
It's the story of friendship, betrayal, survival, standing up when they pass you by, and saying I won't go when they want you gone. And it's also a story about how some of those women became very much like the monsters who trained them.
Meet Beanie Rosen, the fast-talking and even faster-thinking Valley girl who knows where she wants to go, and doesn’t care if she doesn’t look the part.
Mercedes Baxter, who learned early on how to leverage the monied friends of her monied friends' parents until she found a foothold in Hollywood.
And Ella Gaddy, a sexy free-spirit anti-debutante from a white-glove Kentucky home who shakes up any room she walks into.
Read Climbing in Heels and watch these women meet, meld, fight, strategize and climb their way into your heart.
A rollicking tale of sex, drugs, and power – in heels.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781250274786 |
| PRICE | $29.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 320 |
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Featured Reviews
Dyane H, Reviewer
I definitely enjoyed this page-turner from a true industry insider! Goldsmith-Thomas knows this world so well, and she has crafted a compelling story that is imbued with her firsthand experiences. I absolutely love "Climbing in Heels" and I hope Goldsmith-Thomas will continue to write because she's an outstanding storyteller.
Julie J, Reviewer
good story of what 3 women do to compete in Hollywood. There is Ella, beanie, and Mercedes. We see their journeys through the different time periods and some finding love or not. Interesting business of being an agent in Hollywood.
Tracey M, Reviewer
What a story, it was long but I enjoyed the book. Beanie was a go getter, she did not take no for an answer. I would have thought Mercedes would have been a little smarter with her upbringing. I guess in the end she knew what to do and who to do. Ella was the one who I think was the smartest of the three of them. Once she got away from her family and her nasty sister she really bloomed. I can’t say I knew a lot of the people that were name dropped as clients so I’m not sure which ones were made up and which one was really a star.
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Jodi Picoult; Jennifer Finney Boylan
General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction
