Steve Martin's most achieved work to date.

A winsome fairy tale.

Shopgirl has some of Chekhov's autumn light about it.

A sweet, courageous exploration of a young woman's search for selfhood and love.

Wryly omniscient, ruthlessly truthful, [Martin] calls to mind [Jane] Austen with an up-to-date, masculine spin.

Mirabelle is the “shoopgirl”of the title,a young woman,beautiful in a wallflowerish kind of way, who works behind the glove counter at Neiman Marcus “selling things that nosy buys anymore...”

Mirabelle captures the attention of Ray Porter, a wealthy businessman almost twice her age. As they tentatively embark on a relationship, they struggle to decipher the language of love--with consequences that are both comic and heart-breaking. Filled with the kind of witty, discerning observations that have brought Steve Martin critical success, Shopgirl is a work of disarming tenderness.