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Serendipity

Serendipity

by Fern Michaels

1994FictionBusinesswomen in fictionMarried womenMarried women in fictionDivorce
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First lines

Jory Ryan-that's how she thought of herself now-finally gave in to the tremors she'd been holding in check during the past hour, but still fought her tears back.

About this book

Six years ago, Jory Ryan fled Philadelphia after a brief, tragic marriage to wealthy Ross Landers. Now Jory has come home to make peace with the past.

Themes & subjects

FictionBusinesswomen in fictionMarried womenMarried women in fictionDivorceBusinesswomen
First published 1994

Setting

Philadelphia (Pa.)

About the author

Fern Michaels
Fern Michaels

9 April 1933

Fern Michaels is the pen name of Mary Ruth Kuczkir, who was born in Hastings, Pennsylvania on April 9, 1933, weighing only four and one-half pounds. Because of her small birth weight, Michaels' father nicknamed her "Dink," for "dinky little thing. Her family and friends still use the nickname. As a child, though, others referred to her as Ruth. Once she entered the business world, she became "Mary." Michaels married, moved to New Jersey, and had five children. When the youngest entered school in 1973, her husband told her to get a job. Because she had no idea how to get a job, Michaels decided to try to write a book. Her husband was not very supportive of her efforts, and consequently the…

Author

Fern Michaels

First published

1994

Pages

505

Read time

≈ 13h

Editions

5

Language

English

Publisher

Headline

ISBN

9780517308479

Where to buy

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