{"product_id":"9780399185175","title":"The Assistants","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe debut novel that J. Courtney Sullivan calls “addictive, hilarious, and smart. It’s \"\u003ci\u003e9 to 5\u003c\/i\u003e for the student loan generation” and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003edescribes as “if the characters from HBO’s \u003ci\u003eGirls\u003c\/i\u003e were capable of larceny and blackmail.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRule #1: All important men have assistants. Rule #2: Men rule the world. Still. Rule #3: There is enough money. There is so much money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTina Fontana is a thirty-year-old executive assistant to Robert Barlow, the CEO of Titan Corp., a multinational media conglomerate. She’s excellent at her job and beloved by her famous boss—but after six years of making reservations and pouring drinks from bottles that cost more than her rent, the glamour of working for a media company in New York has completely faded, but her student loan debt has not. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a technical error with Robert’s expense report presents Tina with the opportunity to pay off the entire balance of her loans with what would essentially be pocket change for her boss, she hesitates. She’s always played by the rules, but this would be a life-changer. As Tina begins to fall down the rabbit hole of her morally questionable plan, other assistants with crushing debt and fewer scruples approach her to say that they want in. Before she knows it, she’s at the forefront of a movement that has implications far beyond what anyone anticipated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing an eclectic clan of coconspirators, a love interest far too handsome to be trusted, and a razor-sharp voice full of wry humor, \u003ci\u003eThe Assistants\u003c\/i\u003e is a rallying cry for the leagues of overeducated and underpaid women who are asking themselves, \u003ci\u003eHow is it that after all these years, we are still assistants?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011147514096,"sku":"9780399185175","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780399185175_p0.jpg?v=1763698605","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780399185175","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}