Main description:

Marcy Mallowitz has just been dumped -- big time! When she incorrectly answers her orthodontist boyfriend's $1.75 million Lifeline question on the top-rated television quiz show So You Want to Be Filthy Rich!, he ends their preengagement in front of twenty million people.

Thrust reluctantly into the national spotlight, America's newest sweetheart is now being courted by Oprah and hounded by the paparazzi. And soon everyone -- everyone -- knows her name, if only as the punch line to a Letterman Top Ten list. Wise, sparkling, and funny, Filthy Rich is a hilarious exploration of instant celebrity, as well as a delightful romp through one woman's startlingly and unexpectedly public life.

Review quote:

"FILTHY RICH is a sweet, funny meringue."

Review quote:

"Hilarious...Marcy's trials and tribulations will have you laughing at every page."

Review quote:

"Mocks reality TV shows and celebrates the engaging way they give us entree into the lives of strangers...devastatingly funny."

Review quote:

“...the most up-to-the-minute reflection on fame in America I have read, and it's funny, too.”

Review quote:

“A delightful first novel...as timely as can be.”

Review quote:

“A hilarious hay-ride through fame, fortune, and heartbreak. Look out, Bridget Jones, Marcy’s ready for prime time.”

Review quote:

“FILTHY RICH is (a) funny, (b) really funny, (c) very funny, (d) all of the above.”

Review quote:

“Frothy and good-natured...it’s part Bridget Jones Diary, part Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.“

Review quote:

“Laugh out loud funny...deliciously describes the phenomenon of instant celebrity in all its absurd glory....Just plain fun.”

Review quote:

“Very funny...believe me, you'll never forget this first fiction and the book's quirky 30-something heroine.”