The Beauty Queen

Synopsis

In Her Most Audacious And Compelling Novel Yet, The Author Of The Front Runner And The Fancy Dancer Writes A Story Power And Sex In The Public And Private Lives Of A Group Of Extraordinary People. Most Of All It Is The Story Of Jeannie Laird Colter, Former Beauty Queen, Actress, And State Representative From Manhattan, Who Decides To Run For Governor Of New York And To Campaign On The Basis Of A Passionate Stand Against Homosexual Rights. Instantly, She Creates An Enormous Following. Instantly, She Makes Bitter Enemies. Her Enemies, Who Wish Her Dead, Begin Plotting Against Her Life. But Perhaps Even More Threatening To Jeannie Colter Is A Secret Hidden In Her Own Family, A Ticking Time Bomb Endangering Her Whole Political Future. By Patricia Nell Warren.