Andrea Hoffman Goes All In: A Novel

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Andrea Hoffman is an overeducated, underemployed, and unmotivated recent college graduateuntil an unexpected robbery blasts her out of her funk and into 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 increasingly fascinated by the strange language of trading, the complexity of the stock market, and her colleagues, who navigate it all with a ruthless confidence. Even though she has two strikes against herJewish and femaleAndreas quick wit and strong work ethic propel 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 her achievements, she gradually realizes that at some point, shes going to have to decide what success really means to her.

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this tale is ultimately a charming probe into a young womans pursuit of what she wants to do and who she wants to be Schneider has created an endearing, authentic lead.

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Ms. Cohen Schneider evokes both the ebullience and the excess of that era [1980s], all the while charming the reader with her heroines trajectory through her twenties. I found myself rooting for her, sympathizing with her, and fondly remembering my own less-than-straight path through life. An engaging coming-of-age story that will appeal to all ages.

Deborah Goodrich Royce, award-winning author ofRuby FallsandFinding Mrs. Ford

This book is going to take you on a fabulous '80s adventure in the heart of the go-go Wall Street era . . . . Schneider brings us the financial world we never knew, a world she knows well, her own world of money, love, ambition, excess, and success, reimagined. By turns hilarious, poignant, deep, charming, and brutaland always trueAndrea Hoffman will keep you guessing, and keep you up all night.

Bill Roorbach, author of Lucky Turtle and Life Among Giants

Diane Cohen Schneiders new book,Andrea HoffmanGoes All In, is laugh-out-loud funny and sharp. Set in the 80s, this story is a timeless look at the relationship we have with our jobs. It explores how work may do more than reflect who we areit may shape who we become.

Madeleine Henry, author ofBreathe In, Cash OutandThe Love Proof

Author Bio

Diane Cohen Schneider grew up in Illinois but spent most of her adult life in Stamford, CT, with her husband and their three children. Her career as a Wall Street sales executive during the 1980s Go-Go years inspired Andrea Hoffman Goes All In, which is her debut novel. Today, she continues her love of finance through an Instagram account called @moneylikeuhmother. Seeking to re-pot themselves, Diane and her husband recently moved to Santa Fe, NM.