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Kate Jennings, who grew up in rural Australia, has lived in New York City since 1979. She is the author of the internationally acclaimed novel Snake, as well as a number of volumes of poetry, essays, and stories. During the nineties she worked as an executive speech writer at several Wall Street investment banks.
Moral Hazard
In the world of high finance, reflects Cath, women are about as welcome as fleas in a sleeping bag. She's in a unique position to note this fact. A confirmed liberal who can scarcely contain her own sarcastic wit, she is a spy in the house of Mammon: a speechwriter for self-important plutocrats, disguising their greed with lulling words. Cath has found herself on Wall Street because she needs serious money. After ten good years, her beloved husband, Bailey, is suffering from a tragically early case of Alzheimer's. So begins Cath's journey into two nightmare worlds. Caught between them, she must grasp at whatever will keep her from falling apart --- even if that means risking moral hazard.
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Kate Jennings' Summer Reading List
A Big Life in Advertising
by Mary Wells Lawrence
The autobiography of a fascinating American businesswoman. Quite a few women I know would have liked to have been her.
Old Man Goya
by Julia Blackburn
Blackburn is a wonderfully idiosyncratic writer. Goya is the perfect subject for her.
A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits, Solitaries, and Recluses
by Isabel Colgate
A subject that has always fascinated me, being somewhat solitary myself. I am an admirer of Colegate's novels.
The Letters of Gustave Flaubert
edited by Francis Steegmuller
I return to these two volumes of sustenance every few years.
Animal Poems
edited by John Hollander
A volume from the terrific Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. I always have one in my pocket.
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