Taboo

by Elizabeth Gage

Book Overview

Elizabeth Gage draws us into the secret lives of a woman whose beauty & talent ignited the most extraordinary career in the history of the screen & the genius who soared with her in greatness & a passion that defied the fates

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671786415
• ISBN13: 9780671786410
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 465 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

OH THOSE SECRETS

Here's another sizzler set in Hollywood, this time in the 1930's. The lives of the movers and shakers in TABOO are a roller coaster ride of sins and secrets and of unattainable happiness. Gage's two main sufferers, Kate Hamilton and Joseph Knight, go through the melodramatic motion of uniting then paying the price for it. But it's Eve Sinclair, the child superstar, who really makes TABOO a delicious romp. Her cold-hearted volcanic temperament will make any fan of Valley of the Dolls stand up and cheer.-----Martin Boucher

Everlasting Love - Tragedy

Well, first of all I have to say this book is incredible. You start reading it and can not put it down till your done. The only little thing - which bothered me the most - was the loss at the end. They found this incredible love just to lose it. I'm not the easy crying kind, but this left you with so much raw emotions it was unbeliveble. It's like I said at the start - incredible.

My fav book ever!

Well, what can I say? If you like Jackie Collins.. read this! It's even better. It's got twists and turns and every time you think you know what's going to happen...BOOM! She shocks you w/another twist. This is my favorite book and I highly recommend it!

Taboo leaves a haunting thought on love..

Although the plot needs a few details to enhance its credibility, the entire story is beautifully presented to its finale - love that is so painfully beautiful that it is a sin to love as much. It leaves a slightly disturbing view of what is left of us when loves consumes so much of us that there is little left when it's gone. This is the kind of love many of love yearn for in love, willing to exchange to have it. Life may very well be the price to pay to have it. This is all states beautifully with the quote: "When love comes, you plunge without thinking. You see that your life was an empty shell before love came, so you turn your back on the past without a second thought. And then, when the world comes back to claim its own, there's no way to fight it, because you have no heart to endure loneliness anymore. You've thrown it away, like a child throwing away a paper toy." Again, Gage has written something of a fiction that is a little beyond just a story.. always nice to have something to think about after reading a book.