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Princess Daisy
First published 1980 · 915 pages
A glittering, scandal-soaked plunge into high society where devastating secrets hide beneath layers of unimaginable wealth.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like wrapping yourself in a vintage silk robe and drinking champagne while watching a magnificent, slow-motion trainwreck. It is the quintessential 1980s blockbuster, dripping with unapologetic glamour, designer name-drops, and breathless melodrama. The narrative moves with a propulsive, soapy energy, sweeping you from opulent European chalets to the cutthroat world of New York commercial television. Beneath the glitz and the lush, extravagant prose lies a surprisingly earnest story about resilience, the crushing weight of family secrets, and the fierce drive to reinvent oneself after losing everything. It is a pure, indulgent escape designed for readers who love their drama high-stakes, their settings luxurious, and their heroines forged in the fires of scandalous betrayal.
- Mood
- opulent
- glitzy
- scandalous
- soapy
- Tone
- indulgent
- melodramatic
- glamorous
- sweeping
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- reinvention and resilience · the illusion of wealth · burden of family secrets · price of independence · high-society excess
- The writing
- Lush and unapologetically extravagant, the writing lingers obsessively on designer labels, luxurious settings, and breathless emotional extremes.
- The arc
- The journey plunges from the dizzying heights of a gilded fairytale into devastating betrayal, ultimately climbing toward a fierce, hard-won independence.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave vintage, high-stakes glamour, sweeping family sagas, and the unapologetic excess of classic 1980s blockbusters.
Content notes
- sexual assault
- incest
- institutionalization
- grief
- substance abuse
About the book
She was born Princess Marguerite Alexandrovna Valensky. But everyone called her Daisy. She was a blonde beauty living in a world of aristocrats and countless wealth. Her father was a prince, a Russian nobleman. Her mother was an American movie goddess. Men desired her. Women envied her: Daisy's life was a fairytale filled with parties and balls, priceless jewels, money and love. Then, suddenly, the fairytale ended. And Princess Daisy had to start again, with nothing. Except the secret she guarded from the day she was born.....
Description from Open Library.
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