This NYC working girls (like secretaries, that is) novel was a big deal when it premiered in 1958, according to the description. Caroline graduated from Radcliffe at 20 and is reeling from a broken engagement, Gregg wants to be an actress, I forget if April, an eager-to-please hick from Colorado, also wants to act; Barbara is a divorced assistant editor with a toddler. Each is looking for love and success. Typically the best route to love is an older man, but some attractive younger men are decoys.

For today's reader, the young women's lives aren't big news. You can predict that there will be a pregnancy, a death, and a marriage and a promotion. The book is long, but doesn't drag, and the ending is abrupt.