One of My Very Best Friends is the richly drawn

story of the globe-spanning friendship hetwcen

two women destined to reach positions of great

influence and power. It is the story of a dra-

matic love affair that leads to bitter betrayal and

-ultimately-tragedy.

In the beginning, the friendship between

beautiful, magnetic Nell and far-frotn-prctty,

idealistic Sylvie always seemed unlikely. But

from their early childhood in postwar London

they are inseparable. By the time they are

young career women ascending together in the

gritty glamonr of London S Fleet Street, they

share a devastating secret-one that could for-

ever ruin Nell.

Fired by overwhelming ambition and hlst,

Nell deceives Sylvie and leaves England

with the man Sylvie loves, Dick Kolinzcky.

Through a shrewd marriage, astonishing busi-

ness dealings, and her own spectacular charis-

ma, Nell becomes one of the most important

women in America, running one of the coun-

try s lnost succcssful beauty companies.

To expand her power and win the man shc

loves and because of a strange and sinister

jealousy-Nell again leads her girlhood bcst

friend and secrct rival, Sylvic, into disaster.