Shirley Conran, former fashion editor of the Observer in London, makes no apologies for being the author of massive bestsellers such as Lace and Savag(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: Shirley Conran; former fashion editor of the Observer in London; makes no apologies for being the author of massive bestsellers such as Lace and Savages. When I first came to America. she recalls; I was totally astonished when somebody applied the word - it wasn't 'junk' or 'garbage' . . . Trash? Trash. The kind of popular novels I wrote were trash. Well; this didn't worry me at the time because I knew the London Observer only employs good writers. But I have since come to the conclusion that [Incomplete]