Gentelmen prefer blondes - Anita Loos

Lorelei Lee is a woman who usually gets what she wants and she wants to marry an interesting gentleman. By interesting she means extremely rich, very generous and preferably famous. She is not ashamed of the fact that she prefers diamonds to kisses. Diamonds, after all, last forever ... unlike love. In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, written in diary form, she outlines her adventures in her quest for this gentleman. Lorelei Lee was born into a not-so-rich family in Little Rock, Arkansas. As a teenager she shot and killed her predatory boss. She was acquitted of murder and moved to New York to escape her past. It is at this point that she begins her diary. Here she meets her equally manipulative and gold-digging friend, Dorothy. She also meets Mr Eisman, who is boring because he doesn't like dancing; she tolerates him however because he is very rich and willing to finance her expensive whims. He is her sugar daddy.