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A sensation when it first premiered in 1958, Jaffe's smart, dishy exposé of the desperate lives of young working women in Manhattan can now be seen as "a literary bellwether of the #MeToo movement," as New Yorker columnist Rachel Syme describes in her perceptive new introduction. The primary entrée into this uneasy, thrilling world is Caroline Bender, a poised, perspicacious Radcliffe grad on the rebound from a bad breakup and self-exiled into t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More