A clothes designer tries to coordinate her out-of-control life, in a novel from the New York Timesâbestselling author thatâs âjuicy good funâ (Newsday).
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All of Karen Kahnâs dreams seem to be coming true. Sheâs been honored with the fashion industryâs most coveted award, her marriage is thriving, and some very impressive money is being dangled in front of her in a proposed buyout. The only thing missing is what she craves mostâa baby. When she receives the heartbreaking news that sheâll never be able to have a child, it feels like the doctorâs verdict has pulled a loose threadâand suddenly everything seems to be unraveling. Now she has to take a hard look at her life and figure out what really suits her and what doesnât . . .
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âThis new novel by the author of The First Wives Club works at every level. An engaging, behind-the-scenes look at the fashion industry, it lays bare the frenetic pace, cutthroat competition and chronic backbiting of the world of couture. Also an engrossing family saga, it shows 40-year-old Karen, who is infertile, desperately trying to adopt a baby and, as an adopted child herself, searching for her birth mother. The narrative also offers a hilariously dark portrait of Karenâs immediateâand totally dysfunctionalâfamily. A glittering New York social backdrop, plenty of namedropping, romance, some outstandingly creative characters . . . A book that fairly hums with excitement.â âPublishers Weekly
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