Scruples Two by Judith Krantz

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: Judith Krantz
• Title: Scruples Two (Scruples Series)
• Publisher: ‎ Crown Publishers, Inc.; First Edition (May 31, 1992)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 517 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0517582287
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0517582282
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.95 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent
• Edition: First Edition

Synopsis:

Scruples, Judith Krantz's  electrifying, world wide bestseller appeared fifteen years ago and made book publishing history.

Now that unforgettable story, a story that marks an era,  a story that millions of readers wish had never  ended . . . continues. Only a single night's sleep separates the lives of the characters in  Scruples from this mesmerizing sequel.  

Billy Ikehorn is a contemporary woman living on a  grand scale. A self-made beauty and the exquisite owner of a fabled Beverley Hills boutique called  Scruples and married to the Oscar-winning producer  Vito Orsini.

To those who only know her from  afar, she seems to lead a dream existence, wrapped in  all the power of glamour, riches, and success. Then a stranger arrives in Billy's life–Gigi  Orsini, Vito's sixteen-year-old daughter by an early marriage. Independent, deeply interesting,  street-smart, and enchantingly humorous, Gigi captures  Billy's heart and sets in motion a train of utterly unexpected events. Life with Gigi hold both joy and pain for Spider Elliot and Valentine O'Neill,  Billy's partners in Scruples.

The many new friends Gigi makes during the next five years will grow important to Billy in ways she could never have foreseen. 

Scruples Two moves swiftly  and unexpectedly, filled with breathtaking change,  from California to New York to Paris, following  two of the most fascinating and touching females in  modern fiction, Billy Ikehorn and Gigi Orsini.

About the Author:

Judith Krantz (née Tarcher; January 9, 1928 – June 22, 2019) was a magazine writer and fashion editor who turned to fiction as she approached the age of 50.

Her first novel Scruples (1978) quickly became a New York Times best-seller and went on to be a worldwide publishing success, translated into 50 languages. Scruples, which describes the glamorous and affluent world of high fashion in Beverly Hills, California, helped define a new supercharged sub-genre of the romance novel – the bonkbuster or "sex-and-shopping" novel.

She also fundamentally changed the publishing industry by becoming one of the first celebrity authors through her extensive touring and promotion – "a superstar of fiction". Her later books included Princess Daisy (1980), Till We Meet Again (1988), Dazzle (1990) and Spring Collection (1996). Her autobiography, Sex and Shopping: The Confessions of a Nice Jewish Girl, was published in 2000.

Krantz served on the advisory board of Compassion & Choices, an organization dedicated to providing choices for the dying. In 2006, she joined the Board of the Los Angeles Music Center.

Krantz's husband, Steve Krantz, died in 2007 of pneumonia. The couple had two sons, Tony Krantz and Nicholas Krantz, both of whom reside in the Los Angeles area. Krantz was the sister-in-law of children's entertainer and television host Shari Lewis, who was married to Krantz's brother, Jeremy P. Tarcher, publisher of nonfiction books on health, psychology and New Age spirituality. Jeremy's daughter, Krantz's niece, is entertainer Mallory Lewis.

Krantz died on June 22, 2019, at her home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles.