Please join Athena Books for a celebratory evening toasting the launch of Samantha Greene Woodruff's new novel, The Trade Off. Sam will be joined in conversation by fellow bestselling author, Allison Pataki (Finding Margaret Fuller and The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post). You won't want to miss this fun-filled evening of lively discussion and community! Your ticket includes a copy of The Trade Off, wine and light dessert. About The Trade Off: Bea Abramovitz has a gift for math and numbers. With her father, she studies the burgeoning Wall Street market’s stocks and patterns in the financial pages. After college she’s determined to parlay her talent for the prediction game into personal and professional success. But in the 1920s, in a Lower East Side tenement, opportunities for women don’t just come knocking. Bea will have to create them. It’s easier for her golden-boy twin brother, Jake, who longs to reclaim all their parents lost after fleeing the pogroms in Russia to come to America. Well-intentioned but undisciplined, Jake has a charm that can carry him only so far on Wall Street. So Bea devises a plan. They’ll be a secret team, and she’ll be the brains behind the broker. As Jake’s reputation, his heedless ego, and the family fortune soar, Bea foresees catastrophe: an impending crash that could destroy everything if she doesn’t finally take control. Inspired by the true story of a pioneering investment legend, The Trade Off is a powerful novel about identity, sacrifice, family loyalties, and the complex morality of money. Advance Praise for The Trade Off: Samantha Woodruff’s new novel, THE TRADE OFF, possesses all the literary goodies that historical fiction lovers will devour: rags-to-riches, love, loss, redemption, and my personal fave -- Girl Power -- during a time when women had none. Readers will fall deeply in love with the fiery, brilliant Bea, a young immigrant who believes in her own abilities against all odds. Bea is in love with numbers and yearns to become a stockbroker on Wall Street in 1925, despite the challenges and hurdles surrounding her. As the Great Depression looms, Bea will not only rise, but also she will ultimately raise the bar. Woodruff takes us on a journey rich with history, female empowerment, and page-turning prose. A powerhouse of a novel, The Tradeoff is blue chip all the way. - Lisa Barr, New York Times bestselling author of Woman On Fire About Samantha Greene Woodruff: Samantha Greene Woodruff has a BA in history from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business. She spent most of her career telling stories to executives at MTV Networks as the senior vice president of strategy and business development and, subsequently, audience research for Viacom’s Nickelodeon Group. After leaving corporate life to become a full-time mom, Sam spent her newfound “free” time, teaching yoga (a long time passion,) becoming a dog-lover, writing a humor column for suburbs101.com (Seriously, Sam?,) and taking classes in fiction writing at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. It was here that she found her true calling as a historical fiction author, a job that she believes perfectly combines her multifaceted background with her wild imagination and passion for history, reading, and writing. Sam’s debut novel, The Lobotomist’s Wife, was an #1 Amazon bestseller and First Reads pick. Her writing has appeared in Newsweek, Writer’s Digest, Female First, Read 650 and more. Her second novel, The Trade Off, will be released in October 2024 by Lake Union. Sam lives in southern Connecticut with her husband, two children, two dogs and a small reptile zoo. When she’s not with her family or at her laptop, she can be found in the yoga studio, at a concert, singing Taylor Swift at the top of her lungs in the car, or out for a long walk with a friend. About Allison Pataki: Allison Pataki is the New York Times bestselling author of FINDING MARGARET FULLER, THE MAGNIFICENT LIVES OF MARJORIE POST, THE QUEEN’S FORTUNE, THE TRAITOR’S WIFE, THE ACCIDENTAL EMPRESS, SISI: EMPRESS ON HER OWN, WHERE THE LIGHT FALLS, as well as the nonfiction memoir BEAUTY IN THE BROKEN PLACES and two children’s books, NELLY TAKES NEW YORK and POPPY TAKES PARIS. Allison’s novels have been translated into twenty languages. A former news writer and producer, Allison has written for The New York Times, ABC News, The Huffington Post, USA Today, Fox News and other outlets. She has appeared on The TODAY Show, Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, Good Day New York, Good Day Chicago and MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Allison graduated Cum Laude from Yale University with a major in English and spent several years in journalism before switching to fiction writing. A member of The Historical Novel Society, Allison lives in New York with her husband and family.

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