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Feb 2, 2016 · Opening Belle, her first adult novel, is a 'compulsively readable' take on a woman working in a man's world and the the high price she pays to earn an exorbitant income. Opening Belle has been optioned for a movie and Reese Witherspoon is slated to star. Maureen is an active board member of numerous charities.
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A former managing director at a major investment bank, Maureen Sherry, switched gears to earn her MFA at Columbia University. She has written for many publications including Fortune and the New York Times. Her nationally bestselling novel Opening Belle, was optioned by Reese Witherspoon. Her mid
Feb 2, 2016 · From Maureen Sherry, a prize winning writer, a former Managing Director on Wall Street (who never signed a nondisclosure agreement when she left), Opening Belle takes readers into the adrenaline-fueled chaos of a Wall Street trading desk, the lavish parties, the lunch-time rendezvous, and ultimately into the heart of a woman who finds it easier ...
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Feb 4, 2016 · Maureen Sherry says the sexism on Wall Street is less blatant these days -- but that it still exists. Sherry, who was a managing director at Bear Stearns in the 1990s, told The Huffington Post that if more women had been running things on the Street in the runup to the financial crisis, the crash could have been prevented.
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Nose:Some delicious brown sugar rolled oats, toasted almonds, and maple soaked raisins and cherries. The wine influence is unique because I smell a deep, spicy mulled wine as well. Palate:There’s some spicy rye on the tongue followed by a fruity combination of brandy soaked plums, tart cherries and apricots and papaya. The tannins start to creep in...
Nose: The nosestarts off sweeter and lighter than Glass #1. Scents of fresh baked cinnamon rolls, hard cherry candies, and a yeasty, unbaked dough dominate the nose. There’s not much in the way that tells you that this is an older bourbon. Palate:The palate starts off very cinnamon-forward, almost like Red Hots candies. Ginger root and black pepper...
Glass 1: Belle Meade Sherry Cask Finish, Select Cask Glass 2: Joseph Magnus Store Pick, Barrel Proof
Your money is valuable, and with both of these costing between $80-90, you should know what you’re dealing with when it comes to two bottles that are outwardly so similar. The Belle Meade is clearly the victor here, but with their program for barrel finishes ending, who will become the new king of finished MGP bourbon?
1 | Disgusting | Drain pour (Example: Jeffers Creek) 2 | Poor | Forced myself to drink it 3 | Bad | Flawed (AD Laws 4 Grain BiB, Clyde Mays anything) 4 | Sub-par | Many things I’d rather have (Tincup 10 year) 5 | Good | Good, solid, ordinary (Larceny, Sazerac Rye) 6 | Very Good | Better than average (Buffalo Trace, OGD BiB) 7 | Great | Well above a...
Opening Belle. Walls Within Walls. Perfect for tween readers who enjoy mysteries and puzzles and books like Chasing Vermeer, this page-turning debut novel is filled with adventure, intrigue, and heart. Read a sample. Buy the book. After becoming a managing director at a major investment bank, Maureen Sherry, switched gears to earn her MFA at ...
