The book follows Andy Sachs as she works as Miranda Priestly's assistant. Miranda Priestly is known for being difficult and insanely hard to work with, but once you work for her for a year, you can work anywhere. So Andy takes the job, which takes over her life. She is expected to be on call every minute of every day, and work insane hours, which naturally cuts into her relationships. She loses touch with her best friend and her boyfriend, and hardly sees her family. The rest is just fallout from her job.
One thing I noticed is that the book is drastically different from the movie. First, Lily plays a much bigger role in the book (one of the main characters). She is Andy's roommate and has a drinking problem, and Andy has to balance dealing with her and trying to help her with work. Her family also plays a bigger role, and her sister ends up having a baby during the story. Her boyfriend has the same name as the guy in the movie (Alex) but actually works as a teacher. Not a chef. Miranda was also a lot harsher in the book, and they don't end on good terms like they do in the movie. At all really. Also, Emily is much more of a friend in the book and not an enemy that eventually likes Andy at the very end. I actually liked the book a lot better because it wasn't as shallow as the movie was. Lily's character is much more interesting, and there was more to it than the fashion.
The biggest shock.....the reason Andy quits. It has nothing to do with French Runway (never even mentioned in the book) or Nigel being passed over for a promotion. His character isn't even big at all in the book. The movie created that whole sub story line, which was unusual. Usually the movie follows closer. I would definitely read the book if you liked the movie though, because it's almost like a brand new story line!
<3, jacq
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