Over 77,000 copies were sold in the United Kingdom in ten days, and it had an advance printing of 3.75 million copies.

The erotic novel concerns a woman and her daughters who survive a World War II prison camp and move into the world of high fashion,[5] with liberal doses of sadomasochism in the plot.

[6] The novel ranked seventh on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list for 1981.

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