Cover Story by Susan Rigetti
It’s grifter season in New York City, and no one is safe.
After a rough year at NYU, aspiring writer Lara Ricci is thrilled to land a summer internship at ELLE magazine, where she meets Cat Wolff, contributing editor and enigmatic daughter of a clean-energy mogul. Cat takes Lara under her wing, soliciting her help with projects and encouraging her writing.
As a friendship emerges between the two women, Lara opens up to Cat about her desperate struggles and last scholarship. Cat’s solution: Lara should drop out of NYU and become her ghostwriter. Lara agrees and moves into Cat’s suite at the opulent Plaza Hotel. Her life quickly shifts from looming nightmare to dream come true, but as she’s drawn into Cat’s glamorous lifestyle, Cat’s perfect exterior cracks, exposing an illicit, shady world. And soon, everything around Lara begins to crumble.
It’s grifter season in New York City, and no one is safe.
After a rough year at NYU, aspiring writer Lara Ricci is thrilled to land a summer internship at ELLE magazine, where she meets Cat Wolff, contributing editor and enigmatic daughter of a clean-energy mogul. Cat takes Lara under her wing, soliciting her help with projects and encouraging her writing.
As a friendship emerges between the two women, Lara opens up to Cat about her desperate struggles and last scholarship. Cat’s solution: Lara should drop out of NYU and become her ghostwriter. Lara agrees and moves into Cat’s suite at the opulent Plaza Hotel. Her life quickly shifts from looming nightmare to dream come true, but as she’s drawn into Cat’s glamorous lifestyle, Cat’s perfect exterior cracks, exposing an illicit, shady world. And soon, everything around Lara begins to crumble.
