41 reviews for:

Lace

Shirley Conran

3.64 AVERAGE


I remembered the mini-series from the early 80s, which was rather scandalous for its time. I'd figured to find more of the same in this book, and while there are moments of graphic (and sometimes icky) sex, you have to slog through a lot of tedium to get to it.

You may be familiar with the premise: four friends from a Swiss girl's school bond, and one becomes pregnant. The baby is given up for fosterhood, and the story jumps from each woman's life and that of the child left behind. Everybody suffers bad relationships pretty much, and baby Lili has it worst. The miniseries was updated to the present day at the time, but the book spans post-WWII Europe through the early 70s.

Compelling in parts, boring and squeamish in others. Think I'm going to skip Lace II.