02703cam a2200397 i 4500 2199023489 TxAuBib 20250507120000.0 240801s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063245150 paperback 0063245159 paperback (OCoLC)1450607241 TxAuBib rda Paul, Gill, 1960-, author. Scandalous women : a novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann / Gill Paul. First edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, [2024] ©2024. 374 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 1966, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls hits the bookstores and she is desperate for a bestseller. It's steamy, it's a page-turner, but will it make the big money she needs? In London, Jackie Collins's racy The World Is Full of Married Men launches her career. But neither author is prepared for the price they will pay for being women who dare to write about sex. Jacqueline and Jackie are lambasted by the literary establishment, deluged with hate mail, and even condemned by feminists. In public, both women shoulder the outcry with dignity; in private, they are crumbling--particularly since they have secrets they don't want splashed across the front pages. 1965, College graduate Nancy White is excited to take up her dream job at a Manhattan publishing house, but she could never be prepared for the rampant sexism she will encounter. While working on Valley of the Dolls , she becomes friends with Jacqueline Susann, and, after reaching out to Jackie Collins about a US deal, she is responsible for the two authors meeting. Will the two Jackies clash as they race to top the charts? Will Nancy achieve her ambition of becoming an editor, despite all the men determined to hold her back? Three women struggle to succeed in a man's world, while desperately trying to protect those they love the most. 20250507. Susann, Jacqueline Fiction. Collins, Jackie Fiction. Women authors Fiction. Feminism Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Publishers and publishing Fiction. Manhattan (New York, N.Y) Fiction. London (England) Fiction. Biographical fiction. lcgft Historical fiction. lcgft TXKIP