Lasting Treasures

by Julie Ellis

Russian refugee Viktoria Gunsburg comes to Virginia as the bride of an American serviceman, but her marriage begins to disintegrate in the face of his wealthy family's disapproval and betrayal. Reprint.

Genres: Fiction

474 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1993

About the author

Librarians note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

From the inside cover of the Kappa Books edition of Eden:

Julie Ellis was born in Columbus, Georgia. She moved to New York at age 16 with her parents, after her high school graduation. Julie studied drama, and was part of the mid-'50s Off-Broadway scene as actress/playwright/co-producer. Seven of her plays were produced Off-Broadway and presented on the summer hotel/bungalow colony circuits. She wrote 76 sides of children's records (hitting BILLBOARD'S Bestseller List). Her first paperback novel was published in 1960 and between 1960 and 1974 she wrote 143 contemporary, gothic, romantic suspense novels and 3 non-fiction titles that were published by major paperback houses.

Julie has written one hardcover/softcover bestseller per year (a number of early paperback originals now being re-published in hardcover in the United Kingdom). Ellis is published in thirteen countries. A favorite among library readers across the country, Julie regularly appears on LIBRARY JOURNAL'S "Pre-publication Bestseller Lists." In 1993 she made the United Kingdom's Registrar of Public Lending Rights List of the most-read authors in the United Kingdom Library System (minimum of 300,000 loans per author).

A single mother since 1972 (first separated, then widowed), Julie considers her major productions her daughter Susan and her son Richard. Julie is a passionate environmentalist whose convictions appear regularly in her novels (the devastation of our Northwest forests in LOYALTIES, the unnecessary deaths caused by the tobacco industry in LASTING TREASURES, gun control in COMMITMENT). Julie is a vegetarian with occasional lapses due to social circumstances. She alternates between her Manhattan apartment and beach house in Montauk.

Reviews

[Kris]

I received this book through a "blind date with a book" event at my local library. They wrap books up in pretty Valentine paper and then you select one without knowing what you're getting. So I really can't say that this book was something I would've pick. I'm torn. I didn't like the gaps in time. I was looking for more details. On the other hand, there were parts that seem drawn out. It doesn't make me want to read more of her books.

[Elaine]

Not one of my favorites. It dragged on forever. This is not one that I will keep on my bookshelf or recommend to any of my friends. Glad I am finished reading it, now I can get on to better things....anything, even some house work!