Climbing in Heels

Climbing in Heels, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomass debut novel, is a fictional tale of the rise of three secretaries at the hottest agency in 1980s Hollywood, giving you a glimpse into the boys-will-be-boys club and the women who wanted a seat at a table where they were expected to serve.

Its the story of friendship, betrayal, survival, standing up when they pass you by, and saying I wont go when they want you gone. And its also a story about how some of those women became very much like the monsters who trained them.

Meet Beanie Rosen, the fast-talking and even faster-thinking Valley girl who knows where she wants to go, and doesn’t care if she doesn’t look the part.

Mercedes Baxter, who learned early on how to leverage the monied friends of her monied friends parents until she found a foothold in Hollywood.

And Ella Gaddy, a sexy free-spirit anti-debutante from a white-glove Kentucky home who shakes up any room she walks into.