This critically acclaimed debut that established Kelly Lange as a sensational new voice in women's commercial fiction, offers another smart, breezy novel to rival the masters of the genre.
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A dubious mixture of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and Nancy Drew on Campus, TV anchor Lange's second novel (after Trophy Wife) has all the emotional nourishment of a sound bite. When, in the prologue, Trisha, Lane, Kate and Molly graduate with Briarwood College's Class of 1979, Trisha's dad gives each of them a new gizmo called a telephone answering machine so they can stay in touch no matter where life takes them. Now it's 1998, and the messages fly fast and thick across the country. Lane and Kate are in California: Lane selling antiques and happily married to the police chief of Carmel-by-the-Sea, and Kate in L.A. miserably mated to international gallery owner and pond-scum supreme Austin Feruzzi. Trisha and Molly are uptown and downtown New York?Trisha with a successful radio talk show and a delightful millionaire husband, and Molly with unfulfilled artistic longings and, uh-oh, Kate's husband as her Svengali lover. The phone messages?which go on long enough to exhaust most tapes?are salted with brand names ("Miss Adams, this is Belinda Williams at the Emporio Armani on Fifth Avenue"; "Katie, hi, it's Lane. I'm in my Explorer and heading to Los Angeles"). Since every major character expressly wishes wife-battering, philandering, art-forging, jewel-smuggling Austin Feruzzi dead, it won't spoil the suspense to reveal that he is murdered. The intrepid four bring the killer to a kind of justice in a bloody scene that lets Molly redeem herself and makes way for a happy ending. Lange is certainly au courant, but, alas, readers will want to switch channels halfway through.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
I give this book 5 big stars..............,
By Janstod@aol.com (Arlington Heights, Illinois) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gossip: A Novel (Hardcover)
I just finished reading GOSSIP and found the book to be so entertaining that it was hard to put it down. I have spent some time in Carmel so was able to relate to the area of California that she mentioned throughout the book. I liked the life time friendship of the four girls and the experiences they shared through the good and bad. I look forward to reading TROPHY WIFE as soon as I can. I am certainly going to recommend this book to others.
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As good as Trophy Wife,
By A Customer
This review is from: Gossip: A Novel (Hardcover)
The four of them became close friends in the late seventies when they all were undergraduates attending the Briarwood College for Women in Pennsylvania. The school was an exclusive college for daughters of the wealthy and famous, especially the filthy rich with an occasional scholarship tossed to some ingrate. After graduating together in the class of '79, they kept in touch. In fact, over the next two decades, as their careers and new families form, they constantly meet to share the latest GOSSIP.Patricia "Trisha" Collins Newman (nee of the Philadelphia Collinses and married to the business mogul Peter Newman), is a radio show host. Lane Hurley (of the Boston Hurleys) is the owner of an expensive antique shop. Katherine Spenser Feruzzi (yes- of the New York Spensers) is married to Austin, an abusive spouse, who happens to be an art dealer. Molly Adams (of the scholarship Adams) is a wannabe artist, who works for Katherine's husband. The GOSSIP at this latest get-together centers around Katherine finally leaving Austin, who has recently increased the number of beatings he gave his wife. However, everything changes when Austin is murdered and his relationship with Katherine becomes the nation's gossip. GOSSIP is wonderful modern work of contemporary women's fiction that will thrill fans of the genre. All four women are witty and charming in different ways as they confront various issues facing the American female in the late nineties. Kelly Lange, who has already made heavy medal noise with her previous brilliant work, TROPHY WIFE, comes ever closer to reaching the top rung where the queens of this genre reside. This is a novel that fans of women's fiction will devour. Harriet Klausner
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gossip on the good, the bad and the sleazy,,,,,,,
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This review is from: Gossip: A Novel (Hardcover)
I had read Trophy Wife and loved it and thought that this book would not be that great. Was I wrong, Gossip was awesome. What a great, entertaining book with lots of Hollywood name dropping.
Gossip center around four college roommates who promise to stay in touch via an answering machine (what... no email????). They all go their separate ways. One of the roommates becomes a famous radio personality and marries a millionaire, the other roommate ownes an antique shop and marries the local Chief of Police, another roommate is an artist and works in a world famous art gallery and the fourth roommate marries a sleazy art dealers who continually beats her. The fun starts when one of the roommates starts sleeping with the husband of another roommate. Imagine the fireworks that ensue once this affair is revealed. The sleazy art dealer is not only a wife beater, he is a con-artist, he deals in stolen gems and cheats on his wife left and right. When this scum is murdered, it really comes as no surprise. The fun part is figuring which of his many enemies (including his wife) killed him. Ms. Lange gives us so many suspects and motives that I did not guess the identity until it was revealed. The book was a fast and entertaining read. Read it and also read Trophy Wife you will enjoy both.
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