The Other Beautiful People - Paperback

by Caroline Bock (Author)

In the entertainment world, the spotlight shines on the beautiful-- but behind the scenes are those who make the magic happen. Amy Greene is one of them. As head of marketing and public relations at the Cinema Channel, a beloved yet struggling cable network devoted to classic and independent films based in midtown Manhattan, Amy is at the height of her career-- but her life is anything but steadfast. Torn between her charismatic boss, Owen Orski, and her husband Jack, Amy's world schisms with 9/11, the death of her father, and the secrets she's kept locked away. The Other Beautiful People is a dazzling cinematic novel about love, loss, and the search for meaning-- in work, family, and the spaces in between. It's a story that will captivate your heart and stay with you long after the final scene. The Other Beautiful People is a workplace love story unlike any other.

Author Biography

Caroline Bock was once a movie-loving television executive. She worked for twenty years in the cable television industry notably at AMC, Bravo, and IFC. She is the author of Carry Her Home, a short story collection (winner of the Fiction Award from the Washington Writers' Publishing House), and the young adult novels Before My Eyes and LIE. A graduate of the City College of New York and their MFA in Fiction program and Syracuse University, where she studied creative writing with Raymond Carver, she still loves going to the movies. The Other Beautiful People is her first novel for adults.