As the "lowest-paid-but-most-highly-perked assistant in the free world," she soon learns her Nine West loafers won't cut it- everyone The self-described "biggest fashion loser to ever hit the scene," Andy takes the job hoping to land at the New YorkerĪfter a year.
Charmingly unfashionable Andrea Sachs, upon graduating from Brown, finds herself in this precarious position: she's an assistant to the most revered-and hated-woman in fashion, RunwayĮditor-in-chief Miranda Priestly. But not many picture themselves having to pick up their boss's dry cleaning, deliver them hot lattes, land them copies of the newest Harry Potter book before it hits stores and screen potential nannies for their children. In the end, she needs to decide if it's worth it.Most recent college grads know they have to start at the bottom and work their way up. She hires an utterly vile coach, gets a complete image makeover, and even who she is dating is controlled by other people. She now wants something more than winning a Grand Slam, and her journey to get there is her story. But for her, she has #1 in her sights and she's worked so hard and sacrificed so much in her life up until that point already. LW: When the book opens, she's in her twenties and is ranked number 23 in the world, which seems incredibly impressive to a tennis fan or someone outside of the sport. TV: We'd love to hear a little bit about your new book and the story and life of its protagonist Charlie. It was fun and exciting and I'm a huge tennis fan, so doing the research for that was hardly what you'd consider work. And with my new book, The Singles Game, that was the first time I'd looked into the world of professional athletes and had an athlete as the protagonist.
When I wrote the sequel to The Devil Wears Prada, that was the first time I'd written a sequel so that was something totally new. Being an author is such a different challenge. LW: For me, it's been a terrific journey over the past ten years. Everything is much more digital now! How have you changed as an author? TV: The fashion and publishing worlds have changed so much since the book and film were released.
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