"A good beach read"
In Seattle, Vice President of Marketing, a job she did not
want, Kirby Green fires her entire her staff of four in a
matter of four months for what she claims as incompetence,
her boss Banning gives her an ultimatum. Kirby must get
one person to say she is nice person within thirty days or
she can forget her three week vacation in Italy with Jules
and perhaps her job too. Kirby does not believe she went
too far, and feels her punishment is extreme. She also
wonders who will call her nice without her bullying them.
No one she concludes so bullying it must be. At the same time Kirby's new secretary Brianna wants to
become an opera singer, but her instructor tells her she
too underweight for any roles and her fiancé Lyle wants a
stay at home spouse and mom not a professional performer.
Which dream should Brianna give up? Readers will need to adapt to the changing first person
perspective, but once accomplished will appreciate this
fine insightful look at two women trying to make it.
Interestingly, Kirby's bullying management style sounds
much like the Bolden school of supervision. Both females
seem real especially their ambitions, goals, and concerns.
Alesia Halliday provides a refreshing reading experience
in NICE GIRLS FINISH FIRST- just ask Kirby? Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted June 28, 2005
SummaryKirby Green didn't get to be a Vice President of Marketing
by being nice. But when she fires her entire staff within a
few weeks (they all deserved it, really), her new boss is
hardly impressed. Wanting to prove his point, he issues a
bet: If Kirby can get someone—anyone—to call her
nice, she can take that long-awaited dream vacation to Italy
with her best friend, Jules. If she can't, she can kiss the
Coliseum goodbye. Oh, and her job too.
Now Kirby has exactly thirty days to bully someone into
saying she's nice—and to show her boss who's boss. If
she doesn't fall hard for him first...
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