She also wrote several books for children, which were published under the name 'Justine Rendal.' Many of her books can be described as revenge fantasies a constant theme is the mistreatment of women by the men they love, but with the women coming out the winners in the end.Ĭontroversially, in late 1996 Goldsmith said, in response to an Entertainment Weekly reporter's question, that her favorite event of 1996 was when Bob Dole fell off a stage during a campaign function.

A graduate of New York University, she was a partner at the management consultants Booz & Company in New York prior to becoming a writer. She took up writing following a divorce in which she said her husband got almost everything (including her Jaguar and the country house). She was born Randy Goldfield in Dumont, New Jersey, but changed her name to Justine Goldfield and later to Justine Rendal. Olivia Goldsmith (JanuJanuary 15, 2004) was an American author, best known for her first novel The First Wives Club (1992), which was adapted into the movie The First Wives Club (1996). But she reckons without the obstructive efforts of a very strait laced Englishman… Friends, family and even Michael are abandoned as she rents a room and sets out to make a whole new life as an American in London. From red double-deckers to afternoon tea, she’s finally found her home. When Claire sets foot on British soil she falls head over heels in love – with a country. Until the day Michael offers her the chance of a trip to London – all expenses paid. The only highlight is catching an occasional glimpse of devastingly sexy law partner Michael. Life in the city isn’t all about sex, shopping and Cosmopolitans…įor Claire, a secretary from Staten Island who takes the ferry each morning into Manhattan, it’s spent working 9 to 5 at a law firm, listening to her friend’s disastrous love life and reading romantic novels, desperately wishing that her life could be as full of excitement as the heroines featured.

From the bestselling author of UPTOWN GIRL and THE FIRST WIVES CLUB comes a sparkling New York romantic comedy about one woman finding her very own Prince Charming where she least expected to.

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