I'll Take Manhattan

A storm struck and I was forced to pack up my books and clean the shelves of too many to keep, but Judith Krantz's I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN is a keeper. It has all the elements of a great romance and the power of a finely penned book. Wealthy, single-mother, Maxi Amberville goes to war to save her father's magazine empire from the ravages of hatred and murder. This story isn't about the perils of love, but the annals of achievement, which has nothing to do with the accumulation of wealth. Excellent read that doesn't lose its punch for a reread. Nash Black, author of WRITING AS A SMALL BUSINESS and HAINTS, both of which were finalists in the 2009 Indie Awards.

I have reaad all of her books, loved them all, fun to get lost in someones imagination

Poor little rich girl, Maxime dÁnverville, who had anything she wanted at only her smallest command. After going whim after whim (a daughter was the product of one such whim) finally her father desserts her upon his dying, and she has to face the ugly world alone. No help from the still inmature mother (living a secret passionate romance with her brother in law)but only from her almost blind brother and her mature daughter. This book gets you to some of the secrets of success in publishing combining romance and intrigue. Indulge!!!. As many other books by Judith Kranz you get excited by the way she plots the story.

The story starts with a rather questionable scene where the heroine, Maxi, "bribes" a JFK customs official by offering him herself, so to speak, in return for letting her through fast. But it picks up quite a bit from there. As always, great good-vs. evil story (the "evil" in this one is perhaps the most malevolent of all her books, in the person of Cutter Amberville), very appealing major and side characters, nice setting details (this time of the magazine business), and a satisfying ending. It also is kind of a love poem to New York City in certain aspects (even if Donald Trump makes an appearence...it is after all set in the mid-'80s.) Incidentally, Maxi Amberville makes a short by-mention cameo in the latest Krantz novel, Spring Collection.

If you are a woman that likes to do things in your own way, you must read this book. You will learn with Maxie how to create your own reality and how to face the reality that's not the one you planed. In this book, Judith Krantz show all her capacity to create interesting lifes, to submit them to her own will and, otherwise, to give them personality, strenght and power. All the story goes on as a big ocean, with little rivers that runs to it, but never loose their characteristics. I'll take Manhattan is a book for all the people in the world that likes a good, entertaining, exciting reading. I can say that, because I'm a brazilian woman and I loved it