Recessionistas: A Novel of the Once Rich and Powerful

from Carolee888

I enjoyed The Recessionistas. There were five main characters, one of which was Wall Street itself which had a big effect on all the rest. Grigsby Somerset was amusing in her snobbishness and confidence in what is correct, her husband's assistant thought of her as "Marie Antoinette". Sasha Silver...

from booksandscones

Unlike some readers, I actually enjoyed the explanations of the extremely complicated financial instruments in play on Wall Street in the years before the 2008 financial crisis. It was precisely because very few people really knew how all that garbage actually worked that the whole thing spiralle...

from CMash

Recessionistas by Alexandra Lebenthal (ARC) Published by Grand Central Publishing ISBN 978-0-446-56367-3 At the request of The Hachette Book Group, a TPB was sent, at no cost to me, for my honest opinion. Synopsis (back of book): It's the day after Labor Day, 2008, and the elite universe of New Y...

from AngelLivingston

I absolutely loved this book. I was immediately drawn in by both the characters and the story. Alexandra has a way of making you really understand the characters as if you truly knew them. I personally felt a special kinship to Sasha even though she and I come from two completely different worlds...

from AngelLivingston

I absolutely loved this book. I was immediately drawn in by both the characters and the story. Alexandra has a way of making you really understand the characters as if you truly knew them. I personally felt a special kinship to Sasha even though she and I come from two completely different worlds...