425:(1998) explores mother-daughter relationships; Krantz reportedly had a difficult relationship with her own mother. She retired from writing that year at the age of 70, saying she had nothing left to say to her readers. Over 80 million copies of her books are in print in over 50 languages. Seven of her novels have also been adapted for television (as either films or mini-series), with her husband having served as executive producer for some of them. She also wrote one original mini-series for television,
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401:(1986), (about writer and socialite Maxi Amberville, a thinly disguised portrait of the author). Mistral's Daughter went beyond the formula (with only four sex scenes, all at the beginning of the book), delving into women's empowerment, art, Jewish spirituality, and the persecution of Jewish people in France during World War II.
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