The stories of three American women span sixty years of history and takes readers from Fran, who triumphed over tragedy to forge an empire, to Debbie, who fights a twenty-year battle for justice. Reprint. PW.
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Another in the succession of Ellis's (Commitment) appealing heroines, Fran Goldman is first seen in 1937 when she is an idealistic young journalist in a small Georgia town where her father owns a thriving "ladies' shop." Rich, secure in their religious traditions, the Goldmans weather the Depression and accept the fact that Jews are barred from the country club. Nevertheless, when Fran weds penniless, hard-working Bernie Garfield, she gladly flees the South to breathe the freer air of New York. In the shadow of WWII, she meets new bigotry and bitter setbacks: aiding a persecuted Japanese friend, she's hit by a zealot's bullet; then?stunningly?she loses Bernie. Handicapped and widowed, with two daughters to raise, Fran refashions her life, career and persona, persevering throughout all that follows, including a scandalous murder that rocks the family. Ellis's characterizations are somewhat stiff, but she writes with a fluent historical perspective, closely newsreeling the big events?wars; economic booms and slumps; radically changing sexual, racial and feminist mores?that shape her characters and their world. Noteworthy is the delineation of a cutthroat music industry that breaks Fran's son-in-law but makes the fame of a granddaughter, who becomes a teeny-bopper star. Zigzagging between Fran's experience and the lives of her grown daughters, Ellis keeps the story brewing heady and strong.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Best-selling romance author Ellis creates another epic saga of love, longing, and despair. She weaves a six-decades-long tale of interfamilial drama, as four generations of women live, love, and try to find their way in the world. The story begins in the 1930s, with the country still in the grip of the Depression. Fran Goldman, a young journalist from an affluent Georgia suburb, tired of her bourgeois lifestyle, sets out to find adventure and meaning in her life. Eventually, she meets and marries a young law student, who shares her progressive ideals, and together they set out for New York. When fate intervenes and Fran finds she must raise their two daughters alone, she realizes she must put her dreams on hold. The story of her children and grandchildren rounds out and ultimately concludes the plot. Ellis' natural storytelling skills are evident, and the memorable characters and situations will prove satisfying to romance fans. Kathleen Hughes
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