Shopgirl

About this book

"Mirabelle is the "shopgirl" of the title, a young woman, beautiful in a wallflowerish kind of way, who works behind the glove counter at Neiman Marcus "selling things that nobody buys anymore..."" "Slightly lost, slightly off-kilter, very shy, Mirabelle charms because of all that she is not: not glamorous, not aggressive, not self-aggrandizing. Still, there is something about her that is irresistible.".

"Mirabelle captures the attention of Ray Porter, a wealthy businessman almost twice her age. As they tentatively embark on a relationship, they both struggle to decipher the language of love - with consequences that are both comic and heartbreaking."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• beverly hills (calif.), fiction
• clerks (retail trade)
• department stores
• fiction
• fiction, humorous
• fiction, romance, contemporary
• humorous stories
• los angeles (calif.), fiction
• love stories
• manners and customs
• man-woman relationships, fiction
• medication abuse
• retail stores
• social life and customs
• young women
• young women, fiction