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My Friends' Secrets - Conversations With My Friends About Beauty, Health And Happiness

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Joan Collins returns with a sequel to her bestseller MY SECRETS. This time she interviews some of the worlds most beautiful and famous women. from facelifts with Joan Rivers to breast cancer with Diahann Carroll. other revelations come from Ivana Trump, Angie Dickinson, Stefanie Powers and many many more.Joan who is every inch the star herself takes you into the intimate lives of these women and you come away with a personal insight into their private lives. with stunning photos this book is essential for todays woman in her quest for youthfulness and enjoying life to the full.

I bought the book after just browsing. The wonderful pictures and captions sold me. Put together very well, With quality through and through. Has inspired me to look for Joan's other books....

I loved this book! It was such fun to be privy to the secrets of the rich and famous. You'll find that these women are not much different from yourself. If you are a woman who cares for and appreciates her looks and feminity, you'll savor every word. Beware: Divas of the world will enjoy the book most. If you are flippant or carefree about your looks and the aging experience, you'll find it shallow and boring. I for one felt as though I was sitting across the table with Joan and friends over lunch, revelling in our womanhood.

Joan Collins does a spendid job of interviewing her famous friends and gets down to the nitty gritty! She asks them about diet, excersize,style,beauty tips, and mental attitude regarding aging. One really gets insight and lots of motivation on how these gorgeous women stay so beautiful. Some tips are even bizarre-Jerry Hall rarely washes her gorgeous hair and uses mink oil to moisturize it. Bo Derek confesses how sorry she is having been a sun bather and the consequences she is facing. Wonderful full page photos in color complete this great book. If you are an over 40 female I highly recommend it!

Joan Collins has done a remarkable job with this beauty tell-all. She has choosen very fascinating, not to mention beautiful, and all over the age of 40, and some close to 80. The books reads like a friendly chat. There are some great tips from legendary beauties such as Ali McGraw, Ivana Trump, the ever beautiful Joan Rivers and from society hostesses such as the Texas beauty Lynn Wyatt the always gracious Betsy Bloomingdale. This book is a must have for anyone interested in health and beauty. The photos alone are worth the price of the book.

What a pleasure to learn from a book that revels in the vitality of life after 40! My Friends' Secrets contains 200 pages of stylish pictures and down-to-earth dialogue that reveal the beauty and health tips of some of the world's most striking women. Here Miss Collins and her friends share more with their readers than advice about living well; they embody a "philosophy of life" that underlines the power of positive thinking as a way to inner happiness and peace. The result is an outward radiance for the world to enjoy. The author's maxim, "After 40 you get the face you deserve", sums up the essence of this book - the women of "Generation Zest" can and do take charge of their own destinies and reap the rewards of aging with grace. In a world where some are inclined to accept lemons, Collins makes lemonade. This sentiment of making the best of things comes through vividly throughout the book. It is perhaps the reason why My Friends' Secrets is a treasure for any home library. The secrets of the women profiled here fire the creative imagination. Collins is evidently in her element as an interviewer; the conversations in My Friends' Secrets have more spark and intelligence than any talk show presently on television. In this volume, it's clear that the author's best gift to the public is her own multi-faceted personality. In short, My Friends' Secrets is a five-star read and a tribute to the habit of living and loving an interesting life.

In general, this book is a fast page-turner. Joan Collins has gone a long way to prove how attractive women over forty can be in other books and, as if it wasn't enough, she makes her point again with friends rallying for support. This book is written in a very colloquial style which makes us privy to Joan Collins' intimate chats with her friends about beauty, fitness, life and love. It is a privilege to have the likes of Stefanie Powers, Shirley MacLaine, Ali Mc Graw, Morgan Fairchild, Shirley Bassey, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Shakira Caine or Angie Dickinson handing down to us the experience of a lifetime in the limelight. Yet, the most naive readers should beware of certain oddities like Ivana Trump's gobbling up over six eggs a day, Shirley MacLaine's fasting for over six days on apple juice or Jacqueline Bisset's phobia of fans kisses for fear of bacteria transmission. Despite which, the book is a winner.