Saffron Skies

Saffron Skies

by Lesley Lokko (Author)

Synopsis

Max Sall, powerful, wealthy and utterly ruthless, a man without a past. His wife, Angela, a society debutante who fell in love with the dark, handsome chauffeur, and broke her parents' hearts when she married him. His mistress: Francesca, the glamorous Alitalia air stewardess, who saw in Max her ticket out of the Italian provinces and grabbed it - and him - with both hands. And his daughters: Amber, more like her father than she'll ever know - smart, shrewd and determined to achieve, whatever the cost; and Paola, groomed by her mother to succeed where she failed, in getting a man to marry her. Max's women are very different, but they all demand his attention. While Amber and Paola are growing up in the 1970s, their mothers somehow find a way to share Max between them. But when Amber and Paola fall in love with the same man two decades later, they're determined that this time there will be no sharing...Moving effortlessly across five decades, SAFFRON SKIES is a magnificent story of sisters, friends, families and love from Lesley Lokko, one of the most outstanding new voices in commercial fiction.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 496
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 03 Mar 2005

ISBN 10: 0752857428
ISBN 13: 9780752857428
Book Overview: Lesley Lokko's first novel, SUNDOWNERS, was one of the most widely-praised debuts in commercial fiction in 2004, grossing 30,000 copies in the trade. Lesley Lokko combines a thrilling narrative, glamorous characters and intelligent storylines - all the right ingredients for the perfect 'big read'. Praise for SUNDOWNERS: 'Best described as a Blockbuster Plus - in this case, plus a little bit more intelligence and social and political grip than normal... Agreeably glamorous and pageturning.' Daily Mail 'A very 21st-century blockbuster, this has all the classic elements - nailbiting narrative, absorbing relationships, glamorous locations - with an extra shot of intelligence' Cosmopolitan 'I enjoyed it hugely, not only because it is a rattling good read but because it's so refreshingly, wonderfully unpretentious.' Wendy Holden, Sunday Express 'Tremendous fun and scarily readable' The Bookseller

Media Reviews
'An exciting, intelligent blockbuster.' EVE 'This is everything you'd expect of a blockbuster - glamorous locations, ambitious female protagonists and a singing, gliding narrative- but with a little more intelligence' GLAMOUR
Author Bio
Lesley Lokko was born in Scotland in 1964 of mixed Ghanaian-Scots parentage. She grew up in Ghana, and was educated in Ghana, the US and the UK. She trained as an architect and currently lives in Ghana.