Previously published as Tall Buildings by Dalsette, Veda (AUTHOR)In 1962, that quaint time of polio, carbon paper, and the Constitutional right to an attorney, Karenette leaves the farm for New York City to become a career girl-and to find a husband.Along with being an oblivious racist, xenophobe, and self-anointed victim, she's not the sharpest knife in the drawer and doesn't know the meaning of the word surrender, despite being an assistant editor in a prestigious publishing house. Her pursuit of handsome Ken Davenport is so relentless she's not deterred by her own secret phobia and the calamities to the city's tall buildings that season, including a tornado strike, towering inferno, defenestration, rooftop decapitation, and elevator mutilation. She learns about free love, beatniks, jazz, and psychoanalysis, attends the celebrated Leprosy Charity Ball, and pens her own space-age novel. The shocking secrets of a hard-boiled veteran editor, peculiar co-worker, and her beloved Ken are revealed, along with her own closet's skeletons. Will Karenette go into freefall from the dizzying heights of modern Manhattan? Or will she get what she so richly deserves before reaching full Karenhood? VDBOOKS.COM Previously published as TALL BUILDINGS by Veda Dalsette.