Rona Jaffe wrote American fiction about women, work, friendship and the pressures surrounding marriage and professional ambition. The Best of Everything follows several young women working at a New York publishing company in the 1950s, tracing office politics, romance, sexual double standards and the limited options available to women expected to marry rather than build careers. Class Reunion and later novels revisit friendship, status and social change across longer spans of adult life. Jaffe’s prose is direct, observant and strongly grounded in workplace and social detail. The Best of Everything remains Jaffe’s essential book, especially for readers interested in 1950s New York office life, female friendship and the pressure to choose between work and marriage. Read more Less
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