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Bad Money
by Louise Patten
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Pub Date
May 17 2011
| Archive Date
Sep 01 2012
Description
Mary Kersey has burst through the glass ceiling. She has a high-profile City job giving strategic advice to banks. She's the family breadwinner, a loving wife and a caring mother to Gracie, and she struggles to find the right balance between her work and her home life. Her two worlds collide when the Treasury asks Mary to take on a secret role investigating dirty dealings surrounding ever-more-powerful hedge funds. She knows that the company her firm is working with was acquired after manipulation of the share price plus a good deal of help from a dodgy hedge fund. She finds herself torn every which way as husband, daughter, boss, her own conscience - all clamour for her attention. When matters take a dark turn, Mary discovers just how vulnerable she is. Standing between men and their money is a very dangerous place to be...
LOUISE PATTEN has worked in business since 1977, first in the banking world and then with strategy consultants Bain & Company. While still in her thirties, Louise broke through the corporate glass ceiling to become a main board director of her first FTSE 100 company. She has served on a number of multi-national Boards, not only as a Director, but also as one of the tiny handful of female chairmen of major UK businesses.
Mary Kersey has burst through the glass ceiling. She has a high-profile City job giving strategic advice to banks. She's the family breadwinner, a loving wife and a caring mother to Gracie, and she...
Description
Mary Kersey has burst through the glass ceiling. She has a high-profile City job giving strategic advice to banks. She's the family breadwinner, a loving wife and a caring mother to Gracie, and she struggles to find the right balance between her work and her home life. Her two worlds collide when the Treasury asks Mary to take on a secret role investigating dirty dealings surrounding ever-more-powerful hedge funds. She knows that the company her firm is working with was acquired after manipulation of the share price plus a good deal of help from a dodgy hedge fund. She finds herself torn every which way as husband, daughter, boss, her own conscience - all clamour for her attention. When matters take a dark turn, Mary discovers just how vulnerable she is. Standing between men and their money is a very dangerous place to be...
LOUISE PATTEN has worked in business since 1977, first in the banking world and then with strategy consultants Bain & Company. While still in her thirties, Louise broke through the corporate glass ceiling to become a main board director of her first FTSE 100 company. She has served on a number of multi-national Boards, not only as a Director, but also as one of the tiny handful of female chairmen of major UK businesses.
Advance Praise
"They'll be twittering in the wine bars around Threadneedle Street as to who was the inspiration for the power-crazed CEO of a biotechnology company and his partner in crime, a grasping, coked-up investment banker who makes Gordon Gecko look like a tender-hearted philanthropist"
The Scotsman
"A rattling good city thriller"
Evening Standard
"Patten knows her world intimately. Her detail is meticulous and authentic, but never gets in the way of the story which moves along at a hectic pace"
The Independent
"They'll be twittering in the wine bars around Threadneedle Street as to who was the inspiration for the power-crazed CEO of a biotechnology company and his partner in crime, a grasping, coked-up...
Advance Praise
"They'll be twittering in the wine bars around Threadneedle Street as to who was the inspiration for the power-crazed CEO of a biotechnology company and his partner in crime, a grasping, coked-up investment banker who makes Gordon Gecko look like a tender-hearted philanthropist"
The Scotsman
"A rattling good city thriller"
Evening Standard
"Patten knows her world intimately. Her detail is meticulous and authentic, but never gets in the way of the story which moves along at a hectic pace"
The Independent
Available Editions
EDITION |
Mass Market Paperback |
ISBN |
9781552789926 |
PRICE |
10.99
|
PAGES |
472
|
Additional Information
Available Editions
EDITION |
Mass Market Paperback |
ISBN |
9781552789926 |
PRICE |
10.99
|
PAGES |
472
|
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