Searching for her Mother, Lili uncovers the secret shared by the 4 women she summons...
Lili, a beautiful notorious film star, summons four women from Paris, London and New York. Elegant, sensous women, accustomed to power and luxury. Sharing a secret they dare not reveal - a secret Lili must finally know. One of these women is Lili's mother.
"All the women are wildly successful, and ...their sex lives are explored in loving detail." - People
"All the women are wildly successful, and ...their sex lives are explored in loving detail." - People
Lili, a beautiful notorious film star, summons four women from Paris, London and New York. Elegant, sensuous women, accustomed to power and luxury. Sharing a secret they dare not reveal-a secret Lili must finally know. Once of these women is Lili's mother.
Four elegant, successful, and sophisticated women in their forties are called to New York's Pierre Hotel to meet Lili -- a beautiful, young, and notoriously temperamental Hollywood movie star. None of the women knows exactly why she is there; each has a reason to hate Lili and each of them is astonished to see the others. They are old friends who share a guilty secret and who have for years been doing their best to keep that secret quiet. Their lives are changed forever, however, when Lili suddenly confronts them. When the women refuse to answer her, Lili proceeds to travel around the world through the playgrounds of the rich and famous, seeking to answer the question that has obsessed and almost destroyed her.
From Paris to London, from the boardroom to the bedroom, Lace takes the reader into the rarified world of five unforgettable women who are as beautiful, as complex and as strong as...lace.
From Paris to London, from the boardroom to the bedroom, Lace takes the reader into the rarified world of five unforgettable women who are as beautiful, as complex and as strong as...lace.
1982 Book Club Edition
Lilli, a beautiful notorius film star, summons four women from Paris,London and New York. Elegant, sensuous women, accustomed to power and luxury. Sharing a secret they dare not reveal--a secret Lilli must finally know. One of these women is Lilli's mother.
I liked the characters in the book. The friendship was great. You got to know each character and what went in their lives.
From the dust jacket: "Four elegant, successful, sophisticated women in their forties have been called to the Pierre Hotel in New York to meet Lili, the world-famous movie actress.
Already a legend despite her youth, Lili is beautiful, passionate, notoriously temperamental...Each of the four has reason to hate Lili. And each of them is astonished to see the others; for they are old friends who first met in school, old friends who share a guilty secret-old friends whose live are changed when Lili suddenly confronts them and asks 'Which one of you bitches is my mother?'
The answer to this question-a question that has obsessed and almost destroyed Lili-is at the heart of 'Lace'. As the reader travels from an elegant Swiss finishing school in Gstaad to the glittering places where the rich and successful congregate, the book traces not only the life of Lili herself-abandoned, seduced, exploited, but at last rising to triumph as a star-but the lives of the four women, one of whom is her mother.
'Lace' goes to the very heart of a woman's sensibilities, ambitions, sexual needs, and desire for success in a changing world, as we watch the women give up their childhood romantic illusions to face life-a life of loves that don't always work out, dreams that sometimes don't come true, hard choices that have to be faced.
Already a legend despite her youth, Lili is beautiful, passionate, notoriously temperamental...Each of the four has reason to hate Lili. And each of them is astonished to see the others; for they are old friends who first met in school, old friends who share a guilty secret-old friends whose live are changed when Lili suddenly confronts them and asks 'Which one of you bitches is my mother?'
The answer to this question-a question that has obsessed and almost destroyed Lili-is at the heart of 'Lace'. As the reader travels from an elegant Swiss finishing school in Gstaad to the glittering places where the rich and successful congregate, the book traces not only the life of Lili herself-abandoned, seduced, exploited, but at last rising to triumph as a star-but the lives of the four women, one of whom is her mother.
'Lace' goes to the very heart of a woman's sensibilities, ambitions, sexual needs, and desire for success in a changing world, as we watch the women give up their childhood romantic illusions to face life-a life of loves that don't always work out, dreams that sometimes don't come true, hard choices that have to be faced.
