A TALE OF TWO SECRETARIES

The book spans a period from World War II to the present, and touches upon the wheeling and dealing of survivors of troubled times, and heartbreak along the way. It reveals secrets of colorful personalities whose achievements far overshadow personal shortcomings.

Although a fictionalized version, many of life's realities, as well as wartime atrocities, are enlivened as real people interact and attempt to solve problems. Memories of World War II are recalled: the great sugar shortage and subsequent trafficking; the holocaust and lost identities; heirless assets of the doomed; and other inhumane con games. More recently recalled, is the debacle and collapse of the entire savings and loan industry. The concept that "all is fair in love and war" is stressed. And finally, the world moves on to new conflicts and changing times.

Author is currently a real estate broker in Chicago. (Magnificent Mile Realty, Inc.) She was formerly employed as secretary to a prominent executive and thereby learned many of the ins and outs of entrepreneurship, a venue enjoyed predominantly by men.

Now, with humor and imagination, she looks back upon the mundane career of herself and other more adventuresome secretaries of a passing era.