My Sister's Keeper

by Shirley Lord

When wealthy cosmetics mogul Louise Towers is brutally attacked in her New York mansion, her friends realize that the perpetrator must be someone close to her.

404 pages, Hardcover

First published December 28, 1993

About the author

Shirley Lord is a British-born journalist, author, and beauty industry executive whose life exemplifies determination, talent, and reinvention. Born Shirley Stringer into a working-class family in East London, she began her career at 16 as a typist at a newspaper and rapidly advanced to become fiction editor of Home Notes at 19 and features editor at Woman and Beauty by 24. Her early career placed her at the heart of London’s media world, while her personal life remained tied to her modest roots. A high-profile second marriage to British carpet magnate Cyril Lord propelled her into the public eye and high society, experiences she recounted in her memoir Small Beer at Claridges. After relocating to New York in the 1970s, she contributed to Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, becoming a pioneering voice in beauty journalism during a transformative era for the industry. She later served as a vice president at Helena Rubinstein before returning to editorial work. Lord also authored several glamorous novels set in the beauty and fashion worlds. In 1987, she married New York Times editor Abe Rosenthal. Known for her wit, elegance, and insight, she has remained a prominent figure in journalism, publishing, and New York society.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

While this was not the My Sister's Keeper I was expecting when I first began to read it, I still found it totally engrossing. The pop culture/haute couture references made the characters truly seem real--as if The Louise Towers Institute were a real place where I could rub elbows with the famous and more fortunate. The book is very long and it actually took me some time to realize how much I was enjoying it, but I was truly satisfied by the end, with the exception of the fact that I no longer had anything left to read...

[Jana · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hated it with a passion.

[Barbara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read the wrong book....it was not very good

[Roberta]

Ho letto in italiano “Una Sorella per Nemica”