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Cash in the City: Affording Manolos, Martinis and Manicures on a Working Girl's Salary
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.024042
EAN: 9780471209812
ISBN: 0471209813
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2002-02-22
Publisher: Wiley
Studio: Wiley

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Editorial Reviews:

A Girl’s Guide to Managing the Money You Make While Living the Life You Want

"Cash in the City is destined to become the urban girl’s ultimate guide to a glamorous lifestyle . . . on a shoestring salary. It’s overflowing with sage advice for living well, looking good, and having fun. I also found a very powerful and upbeat message for young women everywhere–You can create whatever life you desire . . . if you know how to do it right. Juliette Fairley shows the reader precisely, and with great flair, how to do just that."
–Barbara Stanny, author of Prince Charming Isn’t Coming: How Women Get Smart About Money

Looking and feeling good is expensive–especially in America’s big cities. From New York City to Los Angeles, single, young, working women in big cities are finding it increasingly difficult to live up to the standards set in TV and movies. No longer do you have to sacrifice a night on the town in order to afford those shoes you must have. By combining financial advice with real-life issues, Cash in the City shows you how to have it all and do it all without breaking the bank. In this first-of-its-kind book, you’ll learn how to live the glamorous life, get weekly pedicures, and pay your bills on time!

Cash in the City will help you overcome the obstacles that every hip young woman from San Francisco to Atlanta, Chicago to Boston faces. You’ll quickly learn how to avoid money missteps and keep your finances in order while you decorate your apartment, keep yourself looking good, and negotiate for a raise. Dig in your high heels, crack open this book, and find out how to live life to the fullest, even on a budget. You can be an "It" girl and financially savvy all at the same time.


Spotlight customer reviews:

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Summary: Trendy and not well rounded
Comment: I was hoping for a book that was a fun read and also informative. It has been several years since this book was published. The financial information could come from any other book or even online. The shopping tips are too east or west coast oriented, other cities in the middle of the country are left out. In short, sadly this book feels out dated and in need of revision.

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Summary: A little ridiculous
Comment: This is probably the worst finance book for women I have read, but it's easy and quick to get through, which can be a plus. There are some good tips - I don't doubt the author's credibility - but they're well hidden. For example, the author wisely advises single women to save up 3-6 months' worth of living expenses in case of an emergency; however, she lists "emergencies" such as a vacation to Tahiti when work gets too sressful or a new gown for a trendy benefit.

This book is also based on superficialities and stereotypes. It assumes that every urban professional woman aspires to live like the girls of Sex and the City, and that country women don't have to worry about finances because they wear overalls every day, drive beat-up pickup trucks, and marry their high school sweethearts. This book is more about how to live a lifestyle without going completely broke than it is about lifelong management of finances.

I do not recommend reading this book cover to cover. If you can find it at your local library, pick it up and skim it. If you're looking for solid and easy to read advice, grab Suze Orman's "Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, and Broke."

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Summary: Very disappointed...
Comment: I was not at all happy about with this book. It seemed like it was trying to be many thing at this same time, and by doing that was spread out too thin. The author should have focused on finance, or fashion, but not both of them.

The author also contradicts herself. She says that get married is not a financial goal ( which it is not) and then she teaches women how to get into charity events so that they can rich men. is it just me, or is this a contradiction?!

The author says that women should only do charity work so they can move up on society, what about doing charity work for the reason it's supposed to be done. To help people out!

This book also gives ridiculous tips on fashion, that seemed like they were pulled out of every fashion book I have ever read.

The author's advice for investing is not clear enough, and should really go into more detail.

On top of all of this, the author spends most of the book telling women they should be financially independent career women....and the rest of the book telling us how we can look good for men...Ugh...no thank you.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
Summary: superficial, biased, not well researched
Comment: This book is superficial, biased (full of unsubstantiated generalizations about people), and not very well researched. As a journalism grad, I was disappointed that I bought this and kinda embarrassed for the author, who comes off as superficial, naive, and very provincial. The silly and erroneous generalizations about city vs. country could only come from someone provincial who's never been around. Funny how many NY people fall into that category.

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Summary: Not Pleased
Comment: If I could I would have given this book no stars. The title is the best thing about this book. The comparisons between "City Girls" vs "Country Girl" really irritated me. She also wrote how just walking down the street in the big city you spend all your money. The section on decoration your home and your guy why should you decorate your place just to please someone else. If you like "flowers" I think you should add them.

I'm glad I saved my money and checked this book out from the library before I bought it.


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