The Assistants

By: Camille Perri

Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie

“Ocean’s Eleven meets The Devil Wears Prada” (The Skimm) in this hilarious, razor-sharp debut novel about a group of overeducated and underpaid women who decide they’ve finally had enough...

Rule #1: All important men have assistants. Rule #2: Men rule the world. Still. Rule #3: There is enough money. There is so much money.

Tina Fontana is a thirty-year-old executive assistant to Robert Barlow, the CEO of Titan Corp., a multinational media conglomerate. She’s excellent at her job and beloved by her famous boss—but after six years of making reservations and pouring drinks from bottles that cost more than her rent, the glamour of working for a media company in New York has completely faded, but her student loan debt has not.

When a technical error with Robert’s expense report presents Tina with the opportunity to pay off the entire balance of her loans with what would essentially be pocket change for her boss, she hesitates. She’s always played by the rules, but this would be a life-changer. As Tina begins to fall down the rabbit hole of her morally questionable plan, other assistants with crushing debt and fewer scruples approach her to say that they want in. Before she knows it, she’s at the forefront of a movement that has implications far beyond what anyone anticipated...

Good summer read!

Good summer read! If you ever worked for a large company as anything other than a executive - please read this now! Funny and Smart.

Never underestimate the power of people who don't hold a fancy title!

Too Relatable

For starters: The narrator was fantastic. She made each character come to life and easy to visualize. The story was a modern Robin Hood, based on circumstances many can relate too unfortunately. The ending, however, may or may not be believable- you decide for yourself.

You Go Girl!

I don’t condone what she did, but these ladies, especially Tina finally reached their true level of ability! Hooray for The Assistance!

Loved it

I loved this book! It never lost my attention, I couldn't wait to get back to it when free, and I'm sending a copy of it to my daughter right now.

Nice Covid diversion

I enjoyed this book. Classic Robinhood tale of have and have nots! Great to listen on a rainy day and enjoy some of the real and ridiculous bits of the story.