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Necessary people : a novel / Anna Pitoniak.

Pitoniak, Anna, (author.).

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Stella Bradley is beautiful, rich, and very good at getting herself into trouble. Violet Trapp is smart, self-aware, and laser-focused on escaping her humble background. They are best friends, and from the moment they meet in college, they know their roles: Stella in the spotlight, and Violet behind the scenes. As Violet and Stella strive for success, they each reveal just how far they'll go to get what they want - even if it means destroying the other person along the way.

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  • ISBN: 9780316451703
  • ISBN: 0316451703
  • Physical Description: 346 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.

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Subject: Women television journalists > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Genre: Suspense fiction.

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  • 11 of 11 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Fort St. James Public Library.

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  • Baker & Taylor
    In a novel set against the fast-paced backdrop of TV news, the author of The Futures offers a work of psychological suspense about ambition and privilege and the thin line between friendship and rivalry. 50,000 first printing.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Stella and Violet are best friends, and from the moment they met in college, they knew their roles. Beautiful, privileged, and reckless Stella lives in the spotlight. Hardworking, laser-focused Violet stays behind the scenes, always ready to clean up themess that Stella inevitable leaves in her wake. After graduation, Violet lands a job in cable news and works her way up from intern to producer. Stella, envious of Violet's new life, gets hired at the same network in front of the camera and becomes the face of all Violet's work. As Violet and Stella strive for success, each reveals how far she'll go to get what she wants -- even if it means destroying the other person along the way. -- adapted from jacket
  • Baker & Taylor
    A novel of psychological suspense follows Stella and Violet, best friends in college who compete for success and recognition at a cable news network, changing their friendship to a destructive rivalry.
  • Grand Central Pub
    A propulsive, "chilling" novel exploring the dangerous fault lines of female friendships (Lee Child), Necessary People deftly plumbs the limits of ambition, loyalty, and love.

    One of them has it all. One of them wants it all. But they can't both win.

    Stella and Violet are best friends, and from the moment they met in college, they knew their roles. Beautiful, privileged, and reckless Stella lives in the spotlight. Hardworking, laser-focused Violet stays behind the scenes, always ready to clean up the mess that Stella inevitably leaves in her wake.

    After graduation, Violet moves to New York and lands a job in cable news, where she works her way up from intern to assistant to producer, and to a life where she's finally free from Stella's shadow. In this fast-paced world, Violet thrives, and her ambitions grow -- but everything is jeopardized when Stella, envious of Violet's new life, uses her connections, beauty, and charisma to get hired at the same network. Stella soon moves in front of the camera, becoming the public face of the stories that Violet has worked tirelessly to produce -- and taking all the credit.

    Stella might be the one with the rich family and the right friends, but Violet isn't giving up so easily. As she and Stella strive for success, each reveals just how far she'll go to get what she wants -- even if it means destroying the other person along the way.

    "I literally couldn't stop reading." -- Stephen King
    "I love a book that is smart as hell and impossible to put down and this is IT." -- Jessica Knoll
    Named one of the Best Books of May by Marie Claire, Town & Country, Refinery29, Cosmopolitan, Woman's Day, Bustle, CrimeReads, and O, the Oprah Magazine
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