An Object of Beauty: A NovelLacey Yeager is young, captivating, and ambitious enough to take the NYC art world by storm. Groomed at Sotheby's and hungry to keep climbing the social and career ladders put before her, Lacey charms men and women, old and young, rich and even richer with her magnetic charisma and liveliness. Her ascension to the highest tiers of the city parallel the soaring heights--and, at times, the dark lows--of the art world and the country from the late 1990s through today. |
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... asked Lacey. “Is this a trick question?” I said. She reached into her wide-mouth purse and withdrew a very used art book covered with library acetate and bearing a small, rectangular label with what looked like a Dewey Decimal System ...
... asked Lacey. “Is this a trick question?” I said. She reached into her wide-mouth purse and withdrew a very used art book covered with library acetate and bearing a small, rectangular label with what looked like a Dewey Decimal System ...
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... asked for her by name, which gave Tanya a splendid position as an upand-comer in the company. Lacey had a keen eye for rivals, and at one of our lunches only a week after the elevator promotion, she pronounced Tanya an “up-talking ...
... asked for her by name, which gave Tanya a splendid position as an upand-comer in the company. Lacey had a keen eye for rivals, and at one of our lunches only a week after the elevator promotion, she pronounced Tanya an “up-talking ...
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... asked her what she thought the picture would bring. Lacey knew this was a test and decided to make a calculated but extravagant guess. She thought it might be better to have her guess remembered than forgotten. She considered the ...
... asked her what she thought the picture would bring. Lacey knew this was a test and decided to make a calculated but extravagant guess. She thought it might be better to have her guess remembered than forgotten. She considered the ...
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A Novel Steve Martin. the picture?” she asked. “It might help.” Not quite understanding why—it had been framed the same way for fifty years—they consented at Lacey's professional urgency. She took the picture downstairs and measured it ...
A Novel Steve Martin. the picture?” she asked. “It might help.” Not quite understanding why—it had been framed the same way for fifty years—they consented at Lacey's professional urgency. She took the picture downstairs and measured it ...
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... asked Jonah. “Yes, once.” “What was it like?” “I saw my goddess.” Huh? thought Jonah. Minutes passed. He lay on her bed, and Lacey lay down next to him, not with romantic proximity, but at the polite distance of two travelers sharing a ...
... asked Jonah. “Yes, once.” “What was it like?” “I saw my goddess.” Huh? thought Jonah. Minutes passed. He lay on her bed, and Lacey lay down next to him, not with romantic proximity, but at the polite distance of two travelers sharing a ...
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