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  • By: Erin Duffy
  • Narrator: Robin Gwynne
  • Length: 9 hours 41 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: January 24, 2012
  • Language: English
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“I’m crazy about Bond Girl. Erin Duffy is a fresh, funny, and fabulous new voice.”
–Adriana Trigiani, author of Brava, Valentine

The Devil Wears Prada meets Wall Street in Bond Girl–a hilarious, fast-paced race through the jungle of high finance in four-inch heels. An author who spent ten years working on Wall Street, Erin Duffy has parlayed her stock market savvy into a fresh, hip, funny, and sexy novel about a bright, young, newly minted B-school graduate’s rise at one of the Street’s most prestigious brokerage firms–only to confront the possible destruction of her dreams in the infamous 2008 financial bust. Bond Girl is a blue chip hoot for anyone who loves smart and fun contemporary woman’s fiction.

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Bond Girl Audiobook Narrator

Robin Gwynne is the narrator of Bond Girl audiobook that was written by Erin Duffy

Erin Duffy graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in English and worked on Wall Street, a career that inspired her first novel, Bond Girl. She lives in New York City with her husband (whom she met the old-fashioned way–in a bar).

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Erin Duffy is the author of Bond Girl

Bond Girl Full Details

Narrator Robin Gwynne
Length 9 hours 41 minutes
Author Erin Duffy
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date January 24, 2012
ISBN 9780062200495

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The publisher of the Bond Girl is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062200495.

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This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Carla-Everything Romance

January 07, 2012

Erin Duffy wows us in “Bond Girl” with her wicked humor, her wit and sense of honor and duty. She is a new voice in literature to be reckoned with and her first novel has set a bar that many will not be able to match.Alex Garrett has always been a tomboy; having more fun playing sports with the boys in the neighborhood than hanging with her girl friends. So when she decides to follow her father’s footsteps and enter the financial world of Wall Street, no one is really surprised. Her Mom was the only one to offer advice – to put her pride in second place.Alex arrives at Cromwell Pierce with a big smile and a heart full of hope, soon to be extinguished by the boys club she encounters. All the stories about Wall Street and the craziness of the trading floor are true. The brokers are petty, malicious, liars, flirts, tricksters and down-right embarrassing! Her boss, Chick, is crazy, demanding but loyal. Her first day, she is forced to sit on a folding chair behind everyone working at their desks so she can watch what is going on. No one will talk to her or answer any questions but at lunch time, she is the gopher who must pick up overwhelming amounts of food by herself – 100 pizzas, 200 philly cheesesteaks from Pennsylvania and as a punishment from Chick for disobeying his rules, a 50 lb. wheel of cheese from the Bronx! But Alex hangs in, no matter what is thrown at her. Chick realizes her strengths and starts to work with her, teaching her everything he knows and giving her advice how to handle all the men in her department. And she does, even making some friends. But life at Cromwell Pierce is always two steps forward and 5 steps backwards – the worst being the antagonistic men who want to help her climb the ladder of success by offering her a place in their bed!! Mom was right: should she put her honor and pride in second place so she can earn oodles and oodles of money??? When the crash of 2008 happens, and Chick is fired, Alex has a lot of decisions to make, not only about her personal life but also relating to the reorganization of Cromwell Pierce and the golden handcuffs she’d have to wear.Not only do we read a well-told tale about life on Wall Street but we also learn quite a bit about Wall Street itself – which makes me eternally grateful I’ve never had the desire to spend one iota of time there!!Kudos to Ms. Duffy for a wonderful, fun-filled ride!Definitely 5 stars!!!!!

Kate

March 10, 2012

I know NOTHING about the financial world, ask the other half. He works in finances and I generally look at him like he is speaking jibberish when he talks about investments and what he does. Here's what I know about finances. I am a librarian, I get paid and I buy more books after I pay the bills. I picked up Erin Duffy's book because it seemed like interesting chick-lit, but I will admit I was intimidated by the premise of a twenty-something female who wears shoes I just think about. And especially during this economy.. HOW would this character EVER be likeable???I was wrong. This was a great, quick read that kept me excited and invested. I liked the main character who was scrappy and wanted to do this job. She never came off horrible, regardless of the lifestyle she eventually started living. It also made those investment bankers not seem like SUCH bad guys (there are some and you can see how in an environment with a lot of back patting things could have gone astray...)I liked it. ALOT.

Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader

November 20, 2016

This was a case where I should not have judged a book by its cover. The stiletto had me wondering exactly what I was about to read. What I found was incredibly smart and entertaining! Who knew bond trading on Wall Street could be so interesting with this fun cast of characters?! I enjoyed every word of Alex's story. I would love to see a sequel to this one! I won a copy of this book from the author, and this was my unsolicited review.

Lydia

July 17, 2012

Originally reviewed at Novel EscapesWhen Bond Girl popped up in my mailbox I had to read the cover to discover what it was about. Isn’t this cover fabulous!?! I’ve never been a huge shoe fanatic (somehow that’s changing – maybe all this reading about shoes in the last ten years?), but I couldn’t wait to crack this one. A girl who takes on Wall Street? In six inch stiletto’s? Bring it on! I loved this book. Erin Duffy has a fresh, fun voice. She puts a new spin on the New York City girl – even if she’s still wearing Jimmy Choos. Alex is a bond trader – not something you see every day in chick lit. She’s smart, sassy and a little insecure when she begins working at Cromwell Pierce, but she’s willing to do what it takes to get ahead, and is pushed to the edge daily to it done. This book had some unique situations and I laughed at the trader’s antics and what Alex is forced to endure during her ‘probation’ – more like her hazing. The novel wasn’t bogged down in details about bond trading that would have bored me and what job specific information we were shown, Alex was just as confused about. The inside look at Wall Street – from a female perspective especially – was interesting. Alex trudges and tiptoes through this still male dominated world amidst leers, sexual innuendo and having her intelligence questioned. There were some surprises in this novel and I was never sure which way it would go, which is always a huge plus.The crazy routine and lifestyle portrayed in Bond Girl made my head spin. The insane work hours, the after work socializing for work, the client lunches, dinners and everything in between. Time spent with friends and family lacking and the deficiency of sleep. There is no way on earth I would be capable. I would have collapsed after a month and appreciated seeing how ragged Alex is run. Admirable really.

Samantha

August 09, 2012

I received a copy of Bond Girl in exchange for an honest review. First off let’s talk the cover. Loved it! Are all girls wired to just adore pictures of shoes or what? Second – loved the plot. It’s not often we get a female perspective of a “Street” worker – and by that I mean Wall Street. Alex Garrett knew from quite the young age that she wanted to follow in her father’s footsteps and conquer the illustrious Wall Street. She lands a job at Cromwell Pierce, of the best brokerage firms on the Street. Alex thinks she knows what she is in for – but quickly realizes it is much, much worse than anticipated. First off – no desk. She sits in a folding chair and peeks over the shoulders of her co-workers. She also is working in a for real boys club, answering to the name Girlie, and being the all-around slave around the place. But slowly but surely Alex starts to prove her worth – upgrading to a real desk, real responsibilities, and even people calling her given name instead of Girlie. Just when she thinks she might be catching her breath and getting used to the Street, the economy tanks and all of America is looking at the corporates on Wall Street as the cause. Bond Girl is a real page turner. I just loved how unique the story was – not to mention a true behind the scenes look at Wall Street. I was fascinated, intrigued, and I also learned a lot throughout the book. Alex is a feisty individual, and nailed it as the MC. Smart, hard-working, but just when I thought she was wired like a dude, some emotions would break through. I didn’t want to put this book down once I started reading. It was a longer book too, but took me barely two days to get it read. I highly recommend Bond Girl, and this is one of my favorites of the year!

Heather

September 17, 2011

This is the hysterical story of Alex aka Girlie who is the new bond girl at a Wall Street firm. It's so refreshing to have a smart, likeable protagonist who remains true to herself and has fun along the way. The crazy antics of this boys' club will make you laugh so hard you'll cry... and, at times, cringe. You won't want to put it down! Highly recommend it. Thank you to The BookReporter.com and William Morrow for this ARC.

Laura

August 22, 2019

I thought this was a really interesting look at the world of IBD - some of it was so over the top that I wondered if it were exaggerated, but sadly, I'm guessing not. I loved that it took place in 2007 (right when I was starting my own career in consulting, at the same age, in New York)! However, the end was wrapped up a little too neatly / quickly for my taste.

Megan

October 14, 2011

I was lucky to receive an ARC of this book thanks to Book Reporter (http://bookreporter.com) and after my life settled down (if you didn't know, my grandfather was in the hospital and then stayed with my family for two weeks) I finally got a chance to pick it up. I read the book in 24 hours and put all other books and my job search aside. It was that good.BOND GIRL follows Alex, a recent college graduate who has aspired to follow in her father's footsteps and work on a financial trading floor since she was a child. She joins Cromwell Pierce and immediately realizes her ideas of what it would be like are completely and 100% wrong. There is sexual harassment, no desk for her, bullying, tricks, high pressure scenarios...and a love interest that doesn't take as much interest in her as she thinks.Alex as a narrator is fun and insightful, as well as fresh and interesting. I loved her story and wanted to know more after the book even ended. The characters were well fleshed out, including the secondary and tertiary ones, and the way this book was written has "make this a movie!" stamped all over it. The situations in this book seem all too real, even for someone like me who worked in Lower Manhattan (albeit not on Wall Street) and saw women like Alex daily rushing about in a world that still treats them as a joke.The way Alex deals with the problems of her career are fresh, exciting, and driving. A client constantly hits on her, for example, but she is pressured into not saying anything thanks to her extremely large paycheck. But her increasing disenchantment with the field she's always admired makes the book compelling and harrowing, while Alex brings to the narration her ever-present humorous take on her life, her job, and the people around her.If you don't have a business background, some of the concepts might confuse you (I took economics courses and don't have a clue what bond trading even is still), but putting that aside, BOND GIRL is an exceptional novel that I will recommend to anyone and everyone. And if you want to know more about the type of office where Alex works, trust me, it helps to look it up. I found THIS from UBS that pretty much sums it up. Trust me, it's kind of scary. Especially if you're like me and multiplying 6x15 is a cause for a calculator.VERDICT: BOND GIRL is a hilarious book with some real impact about a world most of us will never know. It's funny, thrilling, and compelling. Trust me, you want to read this book. It's that good.

Gary

September 16, 2011

A quick shortcut by which to communicate the overall feel and tone of Erin Duffy's debut novel, Bond Girl would be to say that it is something like a combination of Wall Street meets The Devil Wears Prada. It is unfair to Ms Duffy to characterize her book that way, however, as the comparison could be taken to imply that Ms Duffy consciously combined aspects of those two stories to come up with hers. All thoughts along those lines should be banished—Bond Girl is a fresh, original take on the “plucky-working-girl-takes-on-the-halls-of-business” theme which has popped up here and there since the days of Helen Gurley Brown.Enthralled by the world of finance by childhood visits to the workplace of her investment banker father (and accustomed to the lifestyle afforded by its salaries by her privileged childhood in suburban Connecticut), Alex Garrett steps from college into the male-dominated high-pressure world of finance. Hired into the bond trading floor of a well-respected Wall Street investment firm, Alex learns the ropes, and the pitfalls, of the world of high finance from the ground up, dealing with demanding clients, resentful coworkers, domineering bosses, and the excesses and insane working hours of early-20th Century Wall Street as she works her way up from well-educated “go-fer” to fully-fledged account manager.When Alex’s personal life hits a crisis point at the same time that the world financial markets are free-falling in 2008, the strain forces her to re-evaluate her goals and her life path. The portrait Ms Duffy paints of Alex’s world has the ring of authenticity, as well it might given Duffy’s 10 years working in the very world she portrays in her novel. Well-paced, and written with a wonderful, original voice, Bond Girl is a delight—even if the most complex financial transaction you undertake is to balance your checkbook, you’re likely to enjoy the time you spend seeing that world through Alex Garrett’s eyes.

Jeff

February 02, 2012

Embarassingly, I had gotten some interest in this thinking, based solely on title and buzz, that this was sort of a reverse Bond book. Sort of like a chick-lit-spy-thriller. It's not.A better comparison, as made more or less everywhere else at this point, is The Devil Wears Prada on Wall Street. It's really not a great comparison - Prada was better, and it simply boils the idea down to "female protagonist in male-dominated field novel," which really tells us more about those who are making the comparison than the book itself.With that said, the book follows a woman fresh out of school taking a job at a busy brokerage firm on Wall Street. There, she has a typical cast of characters, all pretty clear stereotypes, hits the predictable sexism, has a relationship, perseveres through it all, and reaches a fairly expected climax and ending. There's nothing groundbreaking here.What it does do is tell a quick-paced, fun story. There are a number of fine moments, the lead character is frustratingly endearing, and, while the book is not unique, it does succeed quite well in what it set out to be and do, and there's something great about that, at least to me. I can handle derivative if it's good derivative.So if you're into this thing, don't ignore it. If you're typically offended/annoyed by the existence of books like this, skip it. Chances are, you'll like it about as much as you think you will.

Michelle

August 25, 2012

Originally on my blog: http://ilovedthisbook.blogspot.comOk, so I'm currently a little burned out on the silly YA books that I have picked up as of late so I found myself on a blog that reviews books about the older gals. I spotted a rave review of Bond Girl, so I picked it up at the library. This was an interesting read for me, because it doesn't seem to have any real plot development. It is more just random anecdotes that author Duffy might have experienced herself while working on Wall Street. Also, our heroine Alex is a spoiled rich girl who makes some obviously bad decisions about her dating life. But guess what? I loved the book anyway. Maybe it is the business major in me, but I found the setting of the finance world utterly fascinating. Especially the character portrayals of the men Alex works with day-to-day.Interestingly, as I read the reviews of those on Goodreads that did not like this book, I agree with their reasons for not liking it. But I found myself completely memorized by the world Duffy created and I don't think I will ever look at Wall Street the same again. The book has some flaws, but it has some real strengths too.

Erin

January 26, 2014

This was a great book. I have no trouble putting books down 95% of the time, but I couldn't part with this one. It was delightful and I actually laughed out loud a couple times. I did not want Alex's story to end. Actually, I wanted to know what happened next with many of the characters. Bond Girl - Part II, hit me...... I'm giving it 5 stars for those reasons. Alex won me over and I was in her corner the whole way. I do wish she could have interacted more with Cruella because I thought that had the potential to be funny. I loved the pranks (Girl Scout cookies was hysterical) and found myself thinking of the BLT I ate for dinner one night as a "swine sandwich". The supporting characters were awesome. They were intense, interesting, funny, complex and also down right simple at the same time. Everything they did was basically driven by money first and foremost. However, through all of it they managed to build some great friendships. I'll never look at a vending machine the same way again. Favorite Character: Reese (and Alex of course)

Meredith

June 17, 2016

I absolutely loved this book. Honestly, Bond Girl is for 2016 what Party Girl was in 2015 - my favorite chick lit book of the year (so far). From page one, I was drawn in and tearing through the pages like each one contained the secret of life. I loved Alex and even though she was a bit naïve at times, she was only 23 years old and for someone that young, she had her stuff together more than most girls do at that age. I wasn't sure what to expect from a book about a girl in the financial industry, but I loved the relationships she formed with some of the guys on her floor and how protective they were with her. There were some douchebags, for sure, but the loyalty and good natured teasing truly warmed my heart. The only thing I didn't like about the book was that it ended. I was totally bummed that I was only at 88% and it was finished because I wanted more. It wasn't a very wrapped up ending, but it was a hopeful one that left a smile on my face. I wish there was a sequel!

Ricki

September 26, 2011

It is hard not to try to categorize Bond Girl with The Devil Wears Prada, but it really is such a better story. Duffy's writing is hip and fresh and creates a fresh, youthful "new adult" chick lit novel. And surprisingly, especially for this genre, Bond Girl is rather informative about the way Wall Street works, which just gives it a highly realistic edge.

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