Former political journalist O'Brien, insider and author of The Candidate's Wife, creates a powerful circle of Washington women who investigate the supposed suicide of one of their group.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Five women, who are best friends, have met for lunch for years. All are in positions of power in Washington, D.C. Sara Webber is a Supreme Court nominee; Carol Lundgreen, a congresswoman; Faith Paige, presidential press secretary; Leona Maccoby, a caterer whose husband's financial power reaches to the White House; and Maggie Steadman, a well-known journalist. When Faith's unexpected death is revealed as a suicide, her friends are forced to examine their own lives and decisions. O'Brien spins a good tale. She certainly knows her political ins and outs, having served with the 1988 Dukakis presidential campaign and written the highly readable The Candidate's Wife (LJ 1/92). However, O'Brien's characters lack "the right stuff," for they don't have the luster and spice typically attached to well-known people. Ultimately, this lack of character depth keeps The Ladies' Lunch from being a first-rate read. Purchase according to demand.
Alice DiNizo, Raritan P.L., N.J.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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