ENTER THE WORLD OF “GUCCI, GLITZ, AND GLAMOUR”* IN THIS DELICIOUSLY DECADENT LOOK INTO THE LIVES OF THE YOUNG, THE RICH, THE BEAUTIFUL, AND THE CONNIVING
Paulette, Gillian, and Reese are three gold diggers who have dollar signs in their eyes and gold digging in their DNA. Lauren is Paulette’s pampered cousin who never fails to remind Paulette of how different their lives have always been—Lauren the daughter of wealthy black urbanites and Paulette the daughter of the family black sheep who married “beneath her family pedigree.” Paulette will stop at nothing—not even sleeping with her cousin Lauren’s husband—to gain the social status she feels she rightfully deserves. Gillian is a second-generation gold digger and, having learned from the best, strategically sleeps her way to Hollywood—but does she have the talent to be a lasting star? Reese is a career basketball groupie turned NBA trophy wife, and she wears it well, taking advantage of everything her new position affords; but when she finds out that DL may be more than just her husband’s best friend’s initials, she may be forced to realize that all that glitters isn’t gold. The stunningly beautiful, well-bred, but naïve Lauren is the secret envy of her friends. She seems to have all the creature comforts money can buy, but when she’s confronted with a crisis of her own, just how will she respond?
Tracie Howard
Author/Businesswoman/Style Arbituer/International Lecturer
It's not often that an author who is widely-known for creating diverse, intelligent, sophisticated and charismatic characters, literally could have stepped off the pages of any one of her books. Tracie Howard is just such a person.
As a writer, she has completed six nationally-acclaimed novels which uniquely depict the glamorous side of contemporary urban culture. Her eagerly-awaited follow-up to the best-seller Gold Diggers, is Friends & Fauxs (Random House), a titillating glimpse into the world of celebrity, pop culture, friendship, and betrayal. The book will be in stores on July 28, 2009.
Combining a passion for travel, culture and education with her celebrated work in the fiction world, Ms. Howard recently completed a semester in Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso as a guest lecturer/professor at the Institut Superieur de Management. Based in Dakar, she was chosen for this prestigious honor as an acknowledgement of her expertise regarding the complex leadership issues which African and African-American decision-makers, law-makers, and parents jointly face.
While there, she touched the lives of over 1,000 African youths on a wide-ranging host of related subject matters and topics, including the global responsibility each one shares towards ensuring the continent's rightful place in a rapidly changing--and increasingly challenging---geo-political landscape.
As a business executive, Ms. Howard honed her skills at some of the world's most prestigious organizations, including the Xerox Company, Johnson and Johnson, American Express and The Olympic Committee. In 2008, she was selected (and served) as a ranking member of President Barack Obama's Finance Committee during his historic election campaign.
Often recognized for her impeccable fashion sense and beauty, Ms. Howard is a regular fixture in both local and national publications. Along with having been recognized as one of today's most stylish women by Ebony Magazine in 2008, she was voted as one of Jezebel Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful. In March 2009, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution featured her as one of their most of the City's most stylish women.
Tracie resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Her past works (which are available at major retailers) include "Gold Diggers", "Why Sleeping Dogs Lie" and "Never Kiss and Tell".
www.TracieHoward.com
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