{"title":"Cristina Alger","description":"Cristina Alger is the author of Girls Like Us, The Banker's Wife, The Darlings, and This Was Not the Plan. A graduate of Harvard College and NYU Law School, she worked as a financial analyst and a corporate attorney before becoming a writer. She lives in New York with her husband and children.","products":[{"product_id":"the-darlings-paperback","title":"The Darlings - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/i\u003e for our times, by an author who \"knows her way around 21st-century wealth and power\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince he married Merrill Darling, daughter of billionaire financier Carter Darling, attorney Paul Ross has grown accustomed to all the luxuries of Park Avenue. But a tragic event is about to catapult the Darling family into the middle of a massive financial investigation and a red-hot scandal. Suddenly, Paul must decide where his loyalties really lie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDebut novelist Cristina Alger is a former analyst at Goldman Sachs, an attorney, and the daughter of a Wall Street financier. Drawing on her unique insider's perspective, Alger gives us an irresistible glimpse into the highest echelons of New York society--and a fast-paced thriller of epic proportions that powerfully echoes Claire Messud's \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's Children\u003c\/i\u003e and reads like a fictional \u003ci\u003eToo Big to Fail\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103217357023,"sku":"9780143122753","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/A_lMt5Jt1U9780143122753.webp?v=1781090509"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/cristina-alger.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}