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Description edit
The shocking and revealing portrait of a beautiful woman whose craving for money, fame, and love drove her to the heights and depths of passion - a fiery, seductive woman who mad men adore her, then destroyed them with the fury of her love.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Shireen Delaney: The main character in the story.
- Ed Farrell: Shireen Delaney's husband who is away fighting in the war.
- Johnny Keagan: The first man she has an affair with and swears is her true love.
- Georgia Marsh: Shireen's best friend and confidant.
- Douglas Delaney: Shireen's younger brother whom she is always in competition with when it comes to her parents' affection.
- Jack MacDonald: A married man who has a crush on Shireen but she has no particular love for.
- Dallas Cavanaugh: Shireen's good friend who she argues with but still enjoys being with.
- Mary Carlisle: Shireen's rude secretary who she is determined to win over rather than fire.
- Paul Worth: Add a description of this character.
- Eva MacDonald: Jack MacDonald's wife.
- Lawrence Christopher: A playwright who likes to surround himself with famous people.
Quotes edit
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“Who in hell's escaping? That's all you hear in this country. If you take a bath you're escaping back to prenatal life. If you take a drink you're escaping into oblivion. If you stay here you're escaping and if you go back overseas your'e escaping! Why do we have to keep scourging ourselves with this bloody fiction of escape! Escape where? Escape from life? There's only one way to do that that I know of, but while you stay alive there isn't much chance for escape.”
Dallas Cavanaugh
Setting & Locations edit
- Marron: Where Shireen spent her childhood.
- New York
- Los Angeles
First Sentence edit
It was a woman's bedroom, actually a boudoir, and no man belonged in it except by invitation.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 1950. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Wall, and followed by The Parasites.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kathleen Winsor (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1950
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: Add the page count.
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1950
ISBN: N/A
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