- Mass Market Paperback: 446 pages
- Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation; Reprint edition (Aug 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0758200447
- ISBN-13: 978-0758200440
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Barbara Taylor Bradford, author of The Triumph of Katie Byrne
"The reader roots for protagonist Grace Sorentino, wanting her to win through and triumph in this new page-turner from the author of Random Hearts and The War of the Roses. Warren Adler's insight into people, and women in particular, plus his strong story-telling ability, make this a smashing and suspenseful read."
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David Brown, producer of Chocolat, The Player, and A Few Good Men
"This book is a blast and compulsory reading."
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Format:Hardcover
Versace, de la Renta, Givenchy. The great designers are the gods of a better life in the world of Grace Sorentino and her daughter Jackie. But as a divorced beautician with an out-of-control teenage child, how do you get there?
By marrying up, the manager of Saks Fifth Avenue's Miami store says to Grace as she fires her at the request of a high-paying customer with unreasonable expectations. Ring around the finger. Snare a wealthy widower, preferably a Jewish one.
Desperately, Grace follows her advice. Against all the odds, she hooks Sam Goodwin, a very wealthy transplanted businessman from Brooklyn, at the funeral of his socialite wife. Posing as a friend of the deceased, Grace offers to collect her clothing and donate it to charities. Along with the clothes, she collects Sam's interest, which spirals into love.
Also desperately, Jackie has fallen for Darryl, a skinhead who is filling her with greed, bigotry, and disrespect for her mother. Believing she is entitled to the trappings of wealth, she will do anything for money: theft, prostitution, and blackmail.
Grace is just about to land Sam when disaster strikes. Does Grace have the strength to see herself through the ultimate catastrophe and conquer wealth, power, and love?
The reader cheers on Grace as she struggles with her self-respect and integrity throughout the book. Is she any better than a gold digger? Can she instill in Jackie compassion and decency? She keeps asking herself these questions, and tries to answer yes. Grace confronts the obstacles to her goals in a surprising climax, in which the reader feels her release her pent-up frustration with her life and try to untangle herself from her web of intrigue and deceit. One may wish she would lose her passivity earlier in the book, but it adds to the power of the ending.
Format:Hardcover
If there is one book to recommend this season, then I would have to say Warren Adler's Mourning Glory. I can't tell you the last time I read something that so captivated me with laughter, intrigue, and bawdiness. My youngest daughter read Mourning Glory as well and we have been arguing about it around the dinner table. She thinks this books pushes the Woman's Movement back forty years. I personally wouldn't go that far but Mourning Glory definitely takes a closer look at the Modern Woman.
Format:Hardcover
Although I empathized with the character of Grace in this wonderful book, I was intrigued with the character of Sam and the conflict he was having with his children about his love affair with Grace. They were worried that he might leave all his money to her rather than to them. I guess we relate to those things that matter most to us and the issue of greedy children trying to preserve their inheritance without any regard for their father's happiness really got to me. Mr. Adler did a masterful job of getting into Sam's mind as he wrestles with this dilemma. It is always gratifying to discover something in a novel that gives you some insight into your own problems. I really felt for this guy and for Grace as well. I'd give this book high marks for insight and understanding. This is what novel writing is all about.
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