Sally Koslow, Author . Putnam $24.95 (370p) ISBN 978-0-399-15415-7
Former McCall's
editor-in-chief Koslow features in her mellow roman à clef Magnolia Gold, who gets booted out of her magazine kingdom, but lands on stilettos that "you could almost mistake for Manolos." Magnolia, editor-in-chief...
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Sally Koslow, Author . Ballantine $23 (320p) ISBN 978-0-345-50620-7
Molly Divine Marx is dead. No one is quite sure how—murder, suicide, tragic accident?—and even Molly's own recollection doesn't explain much. Narrating this charming novel from an afterlife limbo known as the Duration, Molly...
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Sally Koslow, Ballantine, $25 (336p) ISBN 978-0-345-50622-1
Koslow (The Late, Lamented Molly Marx) lifts a potentially trite story of friendship to a knowing, sharp-edged chronicle of ambition and acceptance that's smart, raw, and achingly real. Chloe, married to a Wall Street striver, and Talia, hitched to...
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Sally Koslow. Viking, $25.95 (258p) ISBN 978-0-670-02362-2
Novelist and former McCall’s magazine editor Koslow casts a keen eye on the “not-so-empty-nest” phenomenon that besets today’s baby boomer parents. She calls their children “adultescents,” these 22- to 35-year-old “well-educated Americans postponing
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Sally Koslow. Viking, $27.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-670-02564-0
Koslow (Little Pink Slips) illustrates how a family upheaval can prompt personal change in this entertaining but ultimately uninspired novel. Fifty-year-old Georgia Waltz’s husband Ben Silver has always taken care of his family, providing them with...
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Sally Koslow. Harper, $26.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-269676-2
Koslow (The Widow Waltz) takes on the tumultuous affair of ambitious Hollywood gossip columnist Sheilah Graham and literary lion F. Scott Fitzgerald in this dishy interpretation of Graham’s memoir, Beloved Infidel. Here, Koslow plays off the “weaknes
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Sally Koslow. Harper, $18 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-322374-5
In this engaging outing, Koslow (Another Side of Paradise) explores the complex dynamics roiling a Jewish family as it faces an ethical dilemma. The Tobias family has gathered for weekly Shabbat led by matriarch, Veronika, an intimidating...
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Sally Koslow, read by Amanda Ronconi, Brilliance Audio, unabridged, nine CDs, 10 hrs., $29.99 ISBN 978-1-4233-8548-6
Koslow's novel—a pleasant if unremarkable story of four friends navigating marriage, careers, and friendship—is elevated by Amanda Ronconi's witty and engaging performance. Ronconi differentiates all the characters, including husbands, children, and
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