At 34, I Started My Life Over

Claire Whitmore, a top senior designer at Hale & Mercer, is passed over for Design Director by her own husband, Managing Director Daniel Hale, who gives the promotion to his young, unqualified protégée Sophie Lancaster. Resolute, Claire quits. She soon lands the role of Creative Director at Northstar Retail Group—their firm’s biggest client—turning the tables and claiming the career she has always deserved.