Description
But what did Cinderella do next?
Hot from the author of Lace comes Tiger
Eyes, the glamorous new novel with two
fascinating, interwoven stories and an
international background of art fraud – now
the world’s third biggest crime area, after arms
and drug sales.
After a disastrous first marriage which left her
with two young children to support, successful
young painter Plum is now married to Breeze, a
dangerously attractive, transatlantic art dealer.
His marketing and publicity skills provide Plum
with a new, glittering image and she is chosen
to represent her country at the Venice Biennale
– the Olympics of the art world.
Will Plum win the Biennale? Despite her proven
talent and success as a painter, she has little
self-confidence as a person, and feels she has
lost her bearings in the glamorous, seductive
and manipulative world of international art.
When Plum stumbles on an international art
fraud syndicate, she finds herself pursuing a
trail of faked paintings from ew York to
Los Angeles to Sydney to Paris. But it is in
London that Plum discovers the forgers are hot
on her trail.
While tracking down the criminals, Plum also
finds herself drawn into it psychological search
for liberty and personal freedom – the freedom
to be herself as well as a wife and mother – a
search which many women will recognise.
Dare Plum risk her safety at the Biennale?
Forced to hide from ruthless, unknown enemies,
she heads for the only place of safety – and
finds herself flung into a wild love affair with a
Frenchman who shows her a new view of life-
and of love. But twice before Plum has gambled
on love and lost: so how does she know whether
this is an escapist fantasy – or the real thing
at last?
Shirley Conran went to St Paul’s Girls’ School,
London, which taught her how to maximize
time, followed by a finishing school in
Switzerland, which taught her how to waste
time. She trained as a sculptor at Southern
College of Art, Portsmouth, and as a painter
at Chelsea Polytechnic. Until she was thirty,
she worked as a textile designer and colour
consultant. She was one of the selection
committee for the Design Council for
eight years.
She was the first women’s editor of the
Observer colour magazine and a women’s editor
of the Daily Mail, where she launched ‘Femail’.
She handled the publicity for the ‘Women in
Media’ campaign for legislation against sex
discrimination. She was formerly married to
design tycoon Sir Terence Conran and they
have two sons, Sebastian and Jasper, both of
whom are designers; fashion designer Georgina
Godley is her daughter-in-law. Shirley Conran
now lives in Monaco.
Shirley Conran has also published Superwoman
(1975); Down with Superwoman (1991, the
revised and updated edition of Superwoman),
and other self-help books. Her first novel, Lace,
was filmed ( 01 mini-series of the Year 1984).
Her other novels are Lace 2 (the sequel to
Lace), Savages and Crimson.
Hardcover
407 pages
In good to very good preloved condition