Juffie Kane Author:Beverly S. Martin Ever thing about Juffie Kane was extraordinary -- her birth in 1927 on Boston Common during a protest march, her family ties with the Mafia, her dazzling beauty -- and her mysterious death in Switzerland in a freak avalanche. — But in the years before her death it is her ability to entrance an audience with her acting skills which catapults ... more »Juffie into the glamorous world of Broadway in the 1950's -- but her Broadway success was sealed by a deal with the Mob. And for the rest of her days, fear of exposure dictates every move Juffie makes. Even her marriage to Resistance hero Paul Dumont cannot erase the terror of the past.
Juffie's death at age thirty was like her life -- unexpected, unconventional and dramatic. Depressed and unhappy, did she deliberately take her own life? Or -- is she even dead?« less
Reminiscent of Jackie Colins' "Lucky" and Judith Krantz's "Princess Daisy". Very well written, interesting characters, great family history and story line.