Shades of Fortune: A Novel

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Little, Brown, 1990 - Fiction - 668 pages
Born into a family that fought its way from immigrant shores to the most prestigious avenues of Manhattan, Mimi marries into a family with an illustrious history and impeccable social standing. Now the ambitious president of the Miray cosmetics empire must struggle to keep it all from crumbling around her.

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Stephen Gardner Birmingham was born in Andover, Connecticut on May 28, 1929. He received a degree in English from Williams College in 1950. Before becoming an author, he worked as an advertising copywriter in New York for Needham Harper Steers. His non-fiction books included Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York, The Right People: A Portrait of the American Social Establishment, The Grandees: America's Sephardic Elite, The Rest of Us: The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews, Certain People: America's Black Elite, Real Lace: America's Irish Rich, and Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address. He also wrote nine novels including Young Mr. Keefe. He died from cancer on November 15, 2015 at the age of 86.

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