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From Publishers Weekly
Two assailants bludgeon cosmetics tycoon Louise Towers in her posh New York apartment in the rousing start to the third book by the author of Faces. Who did it? According to the maid, "the Czechs, oh, the Czechs, they've finally murdered Madame." Taking a hairpin curve to 1946 Prague, the book describes Ludmilla Sukova's escape from the Czech capital through the good graces of her then-husband's employer, Colonel Benedict Towers, director of Towers Pharmaceuticals. Once in the U.S., Ludmilla is equally determined to escape her poverty. She enchants Towers's impossible family through her hairstyling capabilities, and the egotistical and domineering Benedict through other talents. In due course, Benedict's wife dies and Ludmilla (now Louise Towers) becomes his wife and, with her flair for merchandising, the creator of a successful cosmetics empire. She makes some formidable enemies in the business world and a few at home as well: Benedict is none too happy at losing control over this once vulnerable woman; and Louise has deeply wounded the sister she brought over from Czechoslovakia. The fiendishly clever characters are never dull and Lord, who is beauty director at Vogue , brings intriguing insights into the creation of new beauty products. Nonetheless, her book is slick and glib, with a conclusion that sets new standards for contrivance.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Lord, beauty director of Vogue and author of Faces (Crown, 1989), has written another fairly entertaining potboiler, this time set against the background of the cosmetics industry. A young Czech woman, Ludmilla, weds a man she finds sexually offensive in order to gain her passage to America. There, the discovery of her affair with her husband's boss, Col. Benedict Towers, ends the unhappy marriage. Employing her expertise in hairdressing and makeup, Ludmilla begins working for a cosmetics company. Although her career ambitions are aided by her eventual marriage to Benedict, she comes to realize that his dictatorial and dominating personality will never allow her to be completely independent. Ludmilla achieves her dream of being reunited with her family, but the consequences are far from what she anticipated. Relying on the rags-to-riches formula, this novel is suitable for fiction collections with an established audience for the glitz and glamour saga.
- Margaret Hanes, Sterling Heights P.L., Mich.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Margaret Hanes, Sterling Heights P.L., Mich.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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