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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780061256233 ISBN: 0061256234 Label: Avon A Manufacturer: Avon A Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 592 Publication Date: July 01, 2008 Publisher: Avon A Release Date: June 24, 2008 Studio: Avon A Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Susan Isaac's seventh novel is the first story of Lee White, a criminal lawyer on Long Island ensnared with a con man accused of murder. Lee is a privileged, Jewish baby-boomer, whose parents changed their name to White before her birth and then named her Lily. Her family's rise to unhappiness is directly related to their rise to affluence, and Lily tries repeatedly to liberate herself to prove herself as a wife, a daughter, a parent, and a lawyer. Though she struggles with self-doubt, Lily's strength comes from her ability to acknowledge vulnerability and overcome it. As she unravels the truth, she faces some difficult family truths and solidifies her belief in herself. Product Description: Meet Lily White, Long Island criminal defense lawyer. Smart, savvy, and down-to-earth, Lee can spot a phony the way her haughty mother can spot an Armani. Enter handsome career con man Norman Torkelson, charged with strangling his latest mark after bilking her out of her life's savings. As the astonishing twists and reverses of the Torkelson case are revealed, so too is the riveting story behind Lee;s life. Critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Susan Isaacs has crafted her most dazzling novel of manners and morality. Lily White is a brilliant story of con artists and true lovers, of treachery and devotion—and of one brave lawyer's triumphant fight for justice. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Ho humThis book moved really slowly at first. And the ending (in Lily's personal life) was really unbelievable. I would not recommend this book, it really slogs along and offers no sense of gratification at it's close. Rating: - The Con Artists and Lee WhiteI picked this book because I thought it sounded like a murder mystery -- a female defense attorney trying to prove her client -- who is probably guilty -- innocent. I thought this book might be comparable to Ed McBain. This book, however, was more character study than murder mystery, in my opinion. The mystery was still there -- with lots of great twists and turns -- some guessable and some not. But the thing about Lily White, the book and the person, that made me give ... Read More Rating:  - Not as good as Almost ParadiseAfter reading Almost Paradise, I wanted to read more of Susan Isaacs right away. Lily White was the first book I chose. It really was hard for me to get through this one. It dealt with way too much specifics on the law and such and not enough on developing the charachters like she did in Almost Paradise. I made myself finish it, but was disappointed. It just didn't do that much for me. Rating:  - FabulousThis was my second Isaacs book. This and "After All These Years" are the best as far as I am concerned. Rating: - 2 interesting, 2 heartbreaking, 2 books in 1I read Isaacs' Compromising Positions a fews years back and stumbled across Lily White in the library. (incidentally, i found Compromising to be excellent.) Lily has it all. Suspense, intrique, emotion, laughs. The first time I read this book, I read it like it's written, starting with Lee White as a lawyer who is handling an interesting case while ex-DA office coworkers give her dirty looks for going to "bat for the bad guys". All the goings on of looking into the lives of some very strange people ... Read More |
