Lady Boss
Written by Jackie Collins
Narrated by Jackie Collins
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
The dangerously beautiful Lucky Santangelo—star of two of Jackie Collins’s previous smash, international bestsellers, Chances and Lucky—returns, and this time the shockingly sensual, ruthlessly clever Lucky is out to conquer Hollywood!
In Chances Lucky grew up in a top crime family. In Lucky, she was married three times. And now, in Lady Boss, she takes on Hollywood and wins!
Panther Studios is the prize and Lucky wants it. In her quest for power she meets adversaries and enemies, friends and betrayers. And her relationship with her husband, charismatic comedian and movie star, Lennie Golden is put to the test.
Lucky's first challenge is to buy the only movie studio still not controlled by a powerful conglomerate—Panther Studios, owned by the retired, irascible, old Abe Panther. But Abe won't sell his beloved studio to Lucky until she proves she has the guts to make it in Hollywood. It's his idea that she disguise herself as a secretary and go in undercover to find out what's really going on. It's a challenge that also satisfies Lucky's passion for adventure—and her desire to take chances.
In the process, Lucky uncovers a world of financial scheming, big-time betrayal, and bizarre sex. When Lucky makes her final move, assuming the role of Lady Boss at Panther Studios, she stuns the entire industry and sets off a series of shock waves, not only threatening her marriage to Lennie, but unleashing the hatred of crime boss Carlos Bonnatti—a hatred that goes back generations, putting her life, and the lives of everyone close to her, in danger…
Bringing back one of her most intriguing and endearing characters, Lucky Santangelo, Jackie Collins shows once again that she is the unquestioned queen of glamorous fiction.
Jackie Collins
Jackie Collins has been called a “raunchy moralist” by the director Louis Malle and “Hollywood’s own Marcel Proust” by Vanity Fair. With over 500 million copies of her books sold in more than forty countries, and with thirty-two New York Times bestsellers to her credit, she is one of the world’s top-selling novelists. Six of her novels have been adapted for film or TV. Collins was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) by the Queen of England in 2013 for her services to literature and charity. When accepting the honor she said to the Queen, “Not bad for a school drop-out”—a revelation capturing her belief that both passion and determination can lead to big dreams coming true. She lived in Beverly Hills where she had a front-row seat to the lives she so accurately captured in her compulsive plotlines. She was a creative force, a trailblazer for women in fiction, and in her own words “a kick-ass writer!” Her fascinating life as a writer and icon is explored in the CNN Films and Netflix documentary Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story. Discover more at JackieCollins.com.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inhaltsangabe:Gino Santangelo kann nach 7 Jahren aus dem Exil in Israel nach New York zurückkehren. Während New York durch den berühmten Stromausfall im Dunkeln liegt, erinnert er sich an sein Leben.Bereits mit 15 Jahren hatte Gino sich in New York gemacht. Er roch Bandenluft und baute sich seine eigene Organisation auf. Mit Alkoholschmuggel und Lotteriegeschäft machte er sein illegales Vermögen. Durch einflußreiche Kontakte konnte er das Geld reinwaschen! Es gab nur zwei Frauen, die ihm wirklich etwas bedeuteten. Leonora und Maria! Leonora heiratete einen anderen, während er auf eine Hochzeit mit ihr hoffte. Sie bekam eine Tochter, Maria. Viele Jahre später verliebte sich Gino in Maria und sie schenkte ihm eine glückliche Ehe und zwei Kinder, Lucky und Dario. Doch die rivalisierenden Banden machten vor der Familie nicht halt und Maria wurde kaltblütig ermordet. Viele weitere Jahre vergehen, ehe er erkennt, das der Feind in den engsten Vertrauten lauert.Während Gino sein Leben in New York aufbaute, wurde Carrie, ein junges schwarzes Mädchen aus Philadelphia, zur Prostitution gezwungen. Ihr eigener Onkel vergewaltigte sie und ihre Großmutter kassierte das Geld der Freier. Ihr Leben bestand nur aus Prostitution und Drogen. Bevor sie in eine Anstalt kam, begegnete sie Gino das erste Mal. Beim zweiten Mal waren einige Jahre vergangen und sie hatte sich ein solides Leben aufgebaut. Sie verbrachte mit Gino eine leidenschaftliche Nacht, wurde jedoch kurz danach vergewaltigt. Als sie erfährt, das sie schwanger ist, weiß sie nicht, wer der Vater des Kindes ist. Und obwohl sie eigentlich nichts mehr mit Prostitution zu tun haben wollte, so mußte sie diesen Schritt erneut machen, um ihr krankes Kind ausreichend versorgen zu können. Einige Jahre später schaffte sie jedoch den Sprung in die obere Gesellschaft. Allerdings ahnte sie nicht, das die Vergangenheit sie eines Tages wieder einholen würde.Mein Fazit:Ein packender Roman um einige starke Menschen. Es ist manchmal verwirrend, aber diese vielen Persönlichkeiten haben am Ende zu einem ganzen geführt. Dieser Roman ist zwar mit vielen Klischees durchzogen (Mafia, Pate usw.), aber dennoch ist es unglaublich spannend und packend geschrieben.Es wird gemunkelt, das die Autorin einige wahre Persönlichkeiten und Begebenheiten damit zum Besten gab. Angeblich, so das Gerücht weiter, hätten einige führende Persönlichkeiten in Washington und Hollywood versucht, die Veröffentlichung dieses Buches zu verhindern!!!Ich freue mich schon auf den nächsten Teil: „Lucky Boss“!Anmerkung: Die Rezension stammt aus April 2003.Veröffentlicht am 29.12.16!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5There was something lacking in this one. The story strayed away from the usual crime and glitzy casino scene into Hollywood offices, which was okay, but just felt very different. I've liked most about this series that these stories could only play out just so with the Santangelos, and this didn't jive in quite the same way. It didn't have to be Lucky. Still a good read, though. Three stars.