Andrea Hoffman Goes All In

Name: Andrea Hoffman Goes All In
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Diane Cohen Schneider
ISBN: 9798822608436

Author: Diane Cohen Schneider

Narrator: Kimberly Austin

Unabridged: 9 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: She Writes Press

Published: 09/01/2022

Categories: Fiction, Humorous, Coming Of Age

Synopsis

Andrea Hoffman is an overeducated, underemployed, and unmotivated recentcollege graduate until a harrowing robbery blasts her out of her funk andinto a job in the finance world of early-1980s Chicago. At first, it seems like a bad fit. But the world of finance has its own weird charm, and she grows increasinglyfascinated by the strange language of trading, the complexity of the stock market,and her colleagues, who navigate it all with ruthless confidence. Even though shehas two strikes against her - Jewish and female- Andrea’s quick witand strong work ethic propels her into an actual sales job and her career takes off.But this is the Wall Street of the eighties, and along with making a lot more money,Andrea adopts a new, fast life of cocktails, cocaine, and casual sex. Drunk on herachievements, she gradually realizes, she’s going to have todecide what success really means to her.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan

Andrea Hoffman has a degree in philosophy but works in a women’s clothing boutique in downtown Chicago. She’s not excited about it, but it’s work. When an armed robber enters the store one day, Andrea’s perspective and motivation change - she decides to go all in. She hits the want ads, it’s the 1980......more

Goodreads review by Linda

Diane Cohen Schneider, the author of “Andrea Hoffman Goes All In” has written an intriguing and captivating novel. The genres for this novel are Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Jewish Literature and Fiction, with a dash of Romance and Humor. The timeline for this story is the 1980s and takes place mostly......more

Goodreads review by BARBRA

You know how some writers create a character so vividly that you feel as though you’ve known them for years? Andrea Hoffman is one of those characters, Diane Cohen Schneider is one of those writers. From page one, I could hear Andrea’s voice, as if she were talking to me across the table over a nice......more

Goodreads review by steph • litfrommylibraryladder

a book about a woman working her way up in a male dominated industry in the 80’s??? sign. me. up. Andrea Hoffman Goes All In was different from anything I’ve read in a while (in the best way) and was a lot of fun. Andrea is scrappy, funny, fierce and such an easy main character to pull for. I loved......more