Book Review of The First Wives Club by Olivia Goldsmith
Name of Book: The First Wives Club Author Name: Olivia Goldsmith ISBN: 0-671-79705-0 Publisher: Pocket Books Fiction division of Simon and Schuster Inc Type of book: adult, revenge, contemporary Year it was published: 1992 Summary: Elise, Brenda, and Annie were all first wives. A movie star and heiress, Elise had connections that paved the way for her lawyer husband. Brenda’s “family” business lauched her husband’s home entertainment empire. And good girl Annie sustained her spouse on his rise in the advertising world. But when their husbands were at the pinnacle of success, they abandoned their mates for “trophy wives”-younger, blonder, sleeker models. Lunching at Le Cirque, Annie, Brenda and Elise decide that the time for self pity is over. Now it is time to get even. How they conspire to give each man his due-in full view of tout New York society-makes for the smartest, sexiest, most wickedly funny blockbuster in years. Review: Characters: The char...