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First Born
First Born
Author: Doris Mortman
Spanning twenty tumultuous years, and moving from the glittering world of Paris high-fashion to the headquarters of a luxury hotel conglomerate, from the set of a prime-time TV sizzler to a major Senate race, First Born unfolds the lives of four fascinating women whose destinies compel them toward a violent clash of ambition and love.
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ISBN-13: 9780553270327
ISBN-10: 055327032X
Publication Date: 6/1/1988
Pages: 691
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  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Great family story about 4 cousins - makes you laugh and cry, and stay up late to read "just one more page"...

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The glamorous big-money worlds of hotels and haute couture, politics and Hollywood, set the scene for First Born , which intertwines the stories of four women. Each is the granddaughter of a woman she never knew, but from whom she receives a genetic legacy: Cissie, the fiery crusader who devotes herself too generously to any just cause and to everyone she loves; Frankie, beautiful model and actress, yet so insecure that she permits herself to be manipulated first by her bitter mother, then by her agent; Jinx, abandoned by her father and determined to prove herself to the family that will not acknowledge her; Becca, inheritor of her grandmother's unbreakable spirit but driven by it to destroy the half-sister who divides her father's affections. The women and men are all stunningly attractive, the careers challenging and lucrative. But beneath the glitzy trappings, Mortman ( Circles ) has crafted a solid structure of actions, reactions, and consequences. Better-than-average escapist reading.
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buzzby avatar reviewed First Born on + 6062 more book reviews
Every so often, a book comes along that is so intellectually and emotionally powerful that it changes your entire perspective on the world. This is NOT one of those books.
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Four women...their ambitions ... their love lives


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