Living Room — Sol Stein

Shirley Hartman, at twenty-eight, was the star of Madison Avenue, a woman who'd made it to the top in the male-dominated advertising game. Beauty, brains, fame, love…yet there she was, standing on a lonely rooftop, contemplating suicide. Had Shirley pushed too hard and reached too far -- or can this extraordinary woman break out to some living room beyond career success and the usual arrangements with a man?