Alexandra Waring — Laura Van Wormer

The New York novel of television news, romance and sex, family and secrets, and men and women undone, Alexandra Waring, was originally published under the title West End. As Laura Van Wormer writes in the new author's note, “You may notice a different feel to the ending. That is because I have tried to restore it to something closer to the way I originally intended it, but was pushed to change.” The novel is a sequel to Van Wormer's Riverside Drive, and also became a staple of women's fiction best sellers and lesbian fiction . The title character and several others go on to appear in nine more novels. “Alexandra Waring is too good to be true,” wrote Harper's Bazaar about the character. “She has the well-bred good looks of Diane Sawyer, the sharp mind of Connie Chung, the cool professionalism of Mary Alice Williams -- and the off-screen traumas of the late Jessica Savitch.” “A terrific mix of office politics and international wheeling and dealing,” wrote the Toronto Star. “An irresistible read!” said Meredith Berlin of Soap Opera Digest, “Laura Van Wormer is a magnificent storyteller. She gives the most honest portrayal I've read of the driven, talented men and women who rise to the top of television news.” “DBS News is a corporate jungle to the max!” wrote the Chicago Tribune. Under the title West Endthis novel of contemporary business was a selection of Book-of-the-Month Club.