Pounding the Pavement

A deliciously tart tale of one of life's biggest challenges, POUNDING THE PAVEMENT stars a lovably neurotic heroine with a passion for movies and an encyclopedic knowledge to match. When Sarah Pelletier is downsized from her dream job in a New York film company, just before Christmas no less, she's left with one lousy swivel chair and a lifetime's supply of paper clips. Her head hunter is a fool who can't even pronounce her name, her room mate is irritatingly gorgeous and highly paid,...
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A deliciously tart tale of one of life's biggest challenges, POUNDING THE PAVEMENT stars a lovably neurotic heroine with a passion for movies and an encyclopedic knowledge to match. When Sarah Pelletier is downsized from her dream job in a New York film company, just before Christmas no less, she's left with one lousy swivel chair and a lifetime's supply of paper clips. Her head hunter is a fool who can't even pronounce her name, her room mate is irritatingly gorgeous and highly paid, and her last few dollars are stuck in a one-way travel card she can't use. Something's got to give. So Sarah turns to the all important task of padding her resume with a vengeance that gives creative licence a whole new meaning. But she soon discovers that however inspired, padding your résumé puts you in jeopardy of being construed as over-qualified. In which case you might try unpadding your résumé, which then puts you in danger of being labeled inexperienced. Which leaves you with the option of stalking your ex-boss, the infamously vicious 'Princess', in the hope that she'll help you. Unless she stabs you in the back first. Add to that a temp job which saddles her with a massive crush on handsome movie buff Jake, who's just split up with the most perfect woman Sarah's ever spied on, and her already full plate is crowded with lust, jealousy, and mild obsession, just when she's trying to be professional. Inspired by the author's real life adventures in the film industry, POUNDING THE PAVEMENT is a painfully funny and original take on the reality of job hunting - and finding the man of your dreams when you least expect him...