A Hundred Other Girls: A Novel

A Middle Eastern-American writer finds her place in the shifting media landscape in a smart, modern story like The Devil Wears Prada and The Bold Type. Noora lands a coveted job as assistant to Loretta James, Vinyl's iconic editor-in-chief, but soon finds herself caught in a turf war between the old-school print team and the woke-for-the-wrong-reasons digital team. With her dream job on the line, she must choose a side or form her own.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 12 May 2022
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc

For fans of The Devil Wears Prada and The Bold Type comes a smart, modern story about the shifting media landscape and one Middle Eastern-American writer finding her place in it.

How far would you go to keep the job a hundred other girls are ready to take?

Noora's life is a little off track. She's an aspiring writer and amateur blogger in New York, which is a nice way of saying that she tutors rich Upper East Side kids and is currently crashing on her sister's couch. But that's okay. Noora has Leila, who has always been her rock, and now she has another major influence to lean on: Vinyl magazine. The pages of Vinyl practically raised Noora, teaching her everything from how to properly insert a tampon to which political ideology she subscribes to.

So when she lands a highly coveted job as assistant to Loretta James, Vinyl's iconic editor-in-chief, Noora can't believe her luck. Her only dream is to write for Vinyl, and now with her foot firmly in the door and the Loretta James as her mentor, Noora is finally on the right path... or so she thinks.

Loretta is an unhinged nightmare, insecure and desperate to remain relevant in an evolving media landscape she doesn't understand. Noora's phone buzzes constantly with Loretta's bizarre demands, particularly with tasks Loretta hopes will undermine the success of Vinyl's wunderkind digital director Jade Aki. The reality of Noora's job is nothing like she expected, and a misguided crush on the hot IT guy only threatens to complicate things even more. But as Loretta and the old-school print team enter into a turf war with Jade and the woke-for-the-wrong-reasons digital team, Noora soon finds herself caught in the middle. And with her dream job on the line, she'll need to either choose a side or form her own.

Clever, incisive, and thoroughly entertaining, The Assistant is a must-read for anyone who has ever dreamed of breaking into the glamorous world of publishing.

Dimension: 210 x 140 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781728247953