The Best of Everything - Rona Jaffe

Almost 50 years after its initial publication, this novel remains touchingly--and sometimes hilariously--true to the struggles women face in the city. There's Ivy League Caroline, who dreams of graduating from the typing pool to an editor's office; nave April, who reinvents herself as the woman every man wants on his arm; and Gregg, the actress with a secret yearning for domesticity.