From Publishers Weekly
Actress and screenwriter Thomas's first novel lifts the veil on the already well-exposed world of Hollywood trophy wives. Each of these wives has found wealth through marriage: Marion Zane, the new money socialite and group's queen bee; Lyndy Montgomery Wallert, the fading old guard; Patti Fink, the octogenarian-marrying gold digger; Pepper Papadopoulos, the Southern belle turned Greek heiress; Maya Hanson, the supermodel and Page Six staple; and Claire Price, the small town ingénue. The women are both friends and each other's competition, but their beautifully coiffed exteriors are deceiving. Lyndy finds her family name no longer carries the same weight. Patti leaves her husband asleep each night and goes in search of sexual satisfaction. Pepper humiliates her husband with her superior business sense. Maya must weigh her movie-star husband's desire for a family with her modeling career. Claire's new life isn't living up to the "Secret Rainbow Princess Promise" she made herself back home in Winamac, Ind. And after Marion discovers her husband cheated on her, her cushy lifestyle disintegrates and she must reshape her universe using only her Black Book, and her fight to reclaim her spot atop the social ladder calls into question who the real moguls are: the husbands or their wives?
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“You’ll love the fearless, powerful women in Trophies—flawlessly draped in Vera Wang, manicured hands pushing buttons while scratching their way to the top—the secret power brokers of Los Angeles. Heather Thomas has written a stiletto-heel-sharp satiric romp.” (Arianna Huffington )
“Made me laugh out loud...ironic, smart and surprisingly touching.” (Harrison Ford )
“In this celebrity-driven culture, you probably think you know this world. You don’t. Not until your read this delightful and insightful first novel by Heather Thomas.” (Norman Lear )
“Most torrid novel by a Hollywood wife” (Daily News )
Required reading. (New York Post )
“Beach books’ social-climbing wars more often take place in New York or California. And “Trophies,” (is) a Hollywood wives story by the actress Heather Thomas, who can write a Jackie Collins book about as well as Ms. Collins can, stages them with gusto. (New York Times )
A beachy read. (Los Angeles Times )
“Heather Thomas has penned an engaging yarn about the pampered wives of L.A.’s moneyed elite.” (Variety )
“A terrific beach read…dishy tale!” (Larry King )
“It’s not chick-lit, it’s broad-lit!” (Phyllis Diller )
“Made me laugh out loud...ironic, smart and surprisingly touching.” (Harrison Ford )
“In this celebrity-driven culture, you probably think you know this world. You don’t. Not until your read this delightful and insightful first novel by Heather Thomas.” (Norman Lear )
“Most torrid novel by a Hollywood wife” (Daily News )
Required reading. (New York Post )
“Beach books’ social-climbing wars more often take place in New York or California. And “Trophies,” (is) a Hollywood wives story by the actress Heather Thomas, who can write a Jackie Collins book about as well as Ms. Collins can, stages them with gusto. (New York Times )
A beachy read. (Los Angeles Times )
“Heather Thomas has penned an engaging yarn about the pampered wives of L.A.’s moneyed elite.” (Variety )
“A terrific beach read…dishy tale!” (Larry King )
“It’s not chick-lit, it’s broad-lit!” (Phyllis Diller )
