Three beautiful women compete in the New York entertainment world, where sex is a weapon and nearly everyone depends on "dolls" (pills).
Jacqueline Susann Books
August 20, 1918 – September 21, 1974
Jacqueline Susann stands as one of American publishing's most commercially successful authors. Her novels offered a keen exploration of society's fascination with fame and fortune, resonating deeply with readers. She pioneered the concept of the author as a recognizable brand, achieving unprecedented sales and forever altering the landscape of popular literature.
Once upon a time, the entertainment industry was a world that never slept. Magazine editors, models, pop stars, and all the rest visited "vitamin doctors" to get the shots that would allow them to stay up all night and then work all day--in offices decorated with beanbag chairs and Calderesque mobiles. In this world, January Wayne goes from poor-little-rich-girl to grown-up swinger, as she searches New York and Los Angeles for a guy just like Mike Wayne, the glamorous movie producer, who also just happens to be her father.
A blockbuster tale from the 1960s--available again after an absence of 15 years--"The Love Machine" tells the story of TV-network titan Robin Stone, "around whom women flutter like so many moths . . . and his rise and fall as he makes the international sex scene, (drinks) unlimited quantities, (and checks) out the latest Nielsens" ("Newsweek").
Dolores
- 201 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Story of Dolores Ryan, the beautiful and fashionable young widow of an assassinated American President
The Cult Classic: Valley of the Dolls
- 467 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Dolls: red or black; capsules or tablets; washed down with vodka or swallowed straight-for Anne, Neely, and Jennifer, it doesn't matter, as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. These three women become best friends when they are young and struggling in New York City and then climb to the top of the entertainment industry-only to find that there is no place left to go but down-into the Valley of the Dolls.
A beautiful earth woman is kidnapped by Yargo, the incredibly attractive ruler of a distant world and begins a romantic adventure to exotic planets.
