Shirley Conran Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Mimi Quinn's life is forever altered when, at the age of thirteen, she is caught up by the thrill of the music hall and joins Jolly Joe's troupe. Her dark treacle voice soon wins acclaim, just as her friend Betsy Bridges' extraordinary beaity marks her out as a star-to-be. But one night a terrible accident wrecks their ambitions and starts a grim feud which will continue for decades. On screen, on stage and backstage, the subsequent battles threaten to ruin not only the lives of Mimi and Betsy but also of their families in this gripping story, which explores the difficulties of forgiveness ... and the dangers of revenge.

Krvavý prevrat na exotickom ostrove zmení životné hodnoty dovolenkujúcich Američaniek na nepoznanie. Poradia si hlboké city a civilizačné návyky s krutosťou neznámeho prostredia alebo ich premôže barbarstvo?

After a disastrous first marriage which left her with two children to support, young painter Plum is now married to Breeze, a dangerously attractive transatlantic art dealer. When Plum accidentally intercepts an international art fraud syndicate, she follows a dangerous trail of forged paintings from London to New York to Los Angeles to Sydney to Paris. At the same time, Plum is hesitantly seeking personal freedom – the freedom to be herself as well as a wife and mother.

Vijf rijke, verwende vrouwen stranden op een eiland met koppensnellers en trachten te overleven.

De levensloop van vier vrouwen die geconfronteerd worden met een jonge actrice die wil weten wie van de vier haar moeder is.

Krajka je román o první generaci skutečně moderních žen, jejichž osudy se odvíjely v rušném dvacátém století. Díky nim se prudce změnilo vnímání tradiční ženské role a emancipace přestala být prázdný pojem. Katka, Pagan a Maxina jsou dívky z horních společenských vrstev a setkávají se spolu v internátní škole v poválečném Švýcarsku roku 1948. Je jim atnáct let a jejich životy jsou ještě plné dívčích snů. To jejich kamarádka Judy, která přijela do Evropy za vzděláním ze Spojených států a musí si na živobytí vydělávat jako servírka v hotelu, má realističtější pohled na svět, ale i ona je ještě dítě. Tuto zdánlivě nesourodou čtveřici spojí na celý život přátelství a sdílené tajemství. Třicet let se jejich osudy rozcházejí a zase proplétají, zažívají triumfy i pády, kterým se snaží vzdorovat společně "v dobrém i ve zlém", tak jaksi kdysi slíbily. Nyní jejich solidarita a vzájemnost podstupují další zkoušku, když jsou konfrontovány se svým velikým tajemstvím...

Elinor, a legendary novelist, is on her deathbed and must decide to whom she will leave her fortune. Which, if any, of her three granddaughters will inherit? Beautiful Annabel, Miranda, the brilliant businesswoman, or Clare, the film producer's wife with a social conscience?

When a group of Nexus executives brings their wives to the South Pacific paradise of Paui, vacation is not on their minds. Having found rare minerals on the island, they are determined to strike a swift deal for mining rights. But in their greedy rush to claim the prize, the men fail to take into account a rapacious general, who takes control of the island in a military coup and brutally executes all of them. Returning from a sail in time to see the massacre, the women escape into the jungle, where they painfully learn survival tricks from the ship's captain. His subsequent death leaves the once shy Annie in charge of the rest: Silvana, a wealthy, distant matron; the athletic, high-strung Patty; outspoken Carey; and Suzy, a sensuous, spoiled child. Although misfortune rains down on the group, opportunity also has a way of magically appearing as these castaways battle jungle, cannibalistic natives and their own frightening desires with a gritty determination that belies their pampered pasts.

Sequel to "Lace", this book is an international novel about four glamorous women and lifelong friends and how their opulent, fantastic lives are inextricably linked.

Vier vrouwen van verschillende nationaliteit moeten een beroemde filmster helpen om haar ware moeder te vinden.

Four women, Judy, Kate, Pagan and Maxine, are summoned to a New York apartment where they are asked which one of them is the mother of the host. As they unlock the past, the women remember the things that tie them together.

De levensloop van vier vrouwen die geconfronteerd worden met een jonge actrice die wil weten wie van de vier haar moeder is.