Shirley Conran: Three Complete Novels: Lace, Lace 2 and Crimson

by Shirley Conran

Excellent Book

976 pages, Hardcover

First published July 24, 1994

About the author

Shirley Conran is the ex-wife of British designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer Sir Terence Conran. She is the mother of designers Sebastian Conran and Jasper Conran. A bestselling author in her own right whose most memorable books include Lace and Superwoman.

She was educated at the University of Portsmouth. In addition to novel writing, she wrote regularly for The Observer newspaper's women's page and was the first women's editor of The Observer Colour Magazine and women's editor of The Daily Mail newspaper where she launched the weekly women's magazine 'Femail'. She also has great experience as a designer in textiles and as a colour consultant - she had her own paint range. She handled the publicity for the Women in Media Campaign devoted to sex discrimination legislation. She was on the selection committee of the Council of Industrial Design for eight years. She also has been a columnist for Vanity Fair (magazine).

Shirley Conran is well known for having said: "First things first, second things never".

She was successfully treated for skin cancer several years ago.

She has homes in France and London.

Reviews

[Helen Carolan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes all a gal wants is pure escapism, a bit of glamour, lots of nice clothes that she'll never be able to afford and sparkly jewels. Thankfully there's plenty of that here in this hefty tome. It isn't rocket science but it's enjoyable all the same.

[Rachelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this years ago and enjoyed it a lot; this time I'm feeling a lot more critical. The first part is quite good, but part 3 just gets messy and feels like not enough thought was put into it. I'll be disposing of this book.