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Weldon, renowned for her biting humor and devilish prose, offers a glimpse of the despairs and dalliances of a set of high-powered women who have burned paths through--and sometimes been burned by--their worlds and the men in them.

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Rediscover the joy of Fay with this wickedly sharp, history-bending, cosmos-colliding novel that fizzes with the intelligence, observation and scabrous wit that established Fay Weldon as one of Britain's most iconic authors

New from the author of "Wicked Women" and "Big Girls Don't Cry" comes a quirky tale about the adventures of a Bulgari diamond necklace and a newfound romance.

Smart, sexy, and infinitely charming, "Rhode Island Blues" tells the story of Sophia Moore, a loveless and guarded 34-year-old film editor in London who believes that her only living relative is her stormy and wild grandmother Felicity. A hilarious tale of family secrets, nursing-home high jinks, and late-life love, this is Fay Weldon at her witty best.

This is not a book for everyone, but its admirers are vigorously enthusiastic. For example:Rhoda Koenig in New York Magazine, who calls it ". . . a novel of blazingly hot revenge, one that amply illustrates the saying about heaven having no rage like love turned to hate, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned." Or Rosalyn Drexler, who said on the front page of The New York Times Book Review, "It affords a scintillating, mindboggling, vicarious t...

Esther Wells goes on a diet and the scales fall from her eyes. Depriving themselves of fatty foods, both husband and wife have new perspectives on each other, and the process is one of slow destruction of their marriage.