Erin Pizzey Libri

A novel which traces the disparate lives of Sophia Oblimova in wartorn Shanghai and her grandaughter Natasha in peace-time USA. Previous novels by the author include "The Consul General's Daughter", "The Watershed" and "Shadow of the Castle".

This is the story of Pandora's escape - from marriage, society and from her old self. The four men of Pandora's past are very different from her new young love Ben, unfettered by sexual convention, he is gentle and warm - a man who loves women.

JENNY JENSEN --- first lady Governor of New Mexico --- powerful, ambitious, wealthy JENNY --- a lonely woman mourning the death of her only son FIRST LADY is a gripping novel of rags to riches, immigrant poverty in New Jersey to wealth in New Mexico. Of four generations of women from the tumult of pioneer America, the drama and danger of the roaring twenties, to the elegance of Europe and the mysteries of Africa. It all started with Lilla...

De auteur, voorvechtster van de rechten van mishandelde vrouwen, beschrijft hoe ze als onhandelbaar kind en meisje door een gebrek aan ouderlijke liefde opgroeide.