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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of August 29, 1982

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THE CASE OF LUCY BENDING
Lawrence Sanders

THE CASE OF LUCY BENDING

by Lawrence Sanders · Putnam's

6 wks on list

In the sun-and-rum-drenched inner circles of Florida's Gold Coast, evil disguises itself as a precocious eight-year-old with unnatural desires--and murderous intentions...

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EDEN BURNING
Belva Plain
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EDEN BURNING

by Belva Plain · Delacorte Press

12 wks on list

Violence, political upheaval and clandestine love all occur in the Eden that is the Caribbean island of St. Felice.

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THE ONE TREE
Stephen R. Donaldson
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THE ONE TREE

by Stephen R. Donaldson · Ballantine/Del Rey

18 wks on list

Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery begin their search for the One Tree that is to be the salvation of the Land. Only he could find the answer and forge a new Staff of Law--but fate decreed that the journey was to be long, the quest arduous, and quite possibly a failure.... Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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CELEBRITY
Thomas Thompson
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LACE
Shirley Conran
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LACE

by Shirley Conran · Simon & Schuster

"Which one of you bitches is my mother?" Four elegant, successful, and sophisticated women in their forties are called to New York's Pierre Hotel to meet Lili -- a beautiful, young, and notoriously temperamental Hollywood movie star. None of the women knows exactly why she is there; each has a reason to hate Lili and each of them is astonished to see the others. They are old friends who share a guilty secret and who have for years been doing their best to keep that secret quiet. Their lives are changed forever, however, when Lili suddenly confronts them. When the women refuse to answer her, Lili proceeds to travel around the world through the playgrounds of the rich and famous, seeking to answer the question that has obsessed and almost destroyed her. From Paris to London, from the boardroom to the bedroom, Lace takes the reader into the rarified world of five unforgettable women who are as beautiful, as complex and as strong as...lace.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.