The Stars Shine Down

The Stars Shine Down is a 1992 novel by Sidney Sheldon.

Plot summary

The novel tells the story of Lara Cameron, a successful real estate developer who came from a broken family in

Chicago

to start her real estate empire. Even though she encounters many problems, she is able to overcome them all and become one of America's most successful businesswomen, and receives the nickname, "Iron Butterfly." She falls in love with a talented pianist, Philip Adler, and marries him. She is on the verge of losing everything she has achieved as well as the one man she loves, but the Iron Butterfly miraculously recovers from all her shattered dreams and gains back all her hopes and the only man whom she ever truly loved.

Reception

Kirkus Reviews gave a positive review, calling it "compulsively readable".^[1] A negative review for Publishers Weekly criticized the characterization, and called the book "a barely tepid potboiler".^[2]

References

^ "THE STARS SHINE DOWN | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. August 1, 1992. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
^ "The Stars Shine Down by Sidney Sheldon". Publishers Weekly. September 28, 1992. Retrieved February 5, 2024.

Preceded by The Doomsday Conspiracy	Sidney Sheldon Novels 1992	Succeeded by Nothing Lasts Forever

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[1] "THE STARS SHINE DOWN | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. August 1, 1992. Retrieved February 5, 2024.

[2] "The Stars Shine Down by Sidney Sheldon". Publishers Weekly. September 28, 1992. Retrieved February 5, 2024.

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v t e Works by Sidney Sheldon
Novels	The Naked Face The Other Side of Midnight A Stranger in the Mirror Bloodline Rage of Angels Master of the Game If Tomorrow Comes Windmills of the Gods The Sands of Time Memories of Midnight The Doomsday Conspiracy The Stars Shine Down Nothing Lasts Forever Morning, Noon and Night The Best Laid Plans Tell Me Your Dreams The Sky Is Falling Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Non-fiction	The Other Side of Me
Television	The Patty Duke Show I Dream of Jeannie Nancy Hart to Hart
Adaptations	The Other Side of Midnight (1977) Bloodline (1979) Rage of Angels (1983) Master of the Game (1984) If Tomorrow Comes (1986) Windmills of the Gods (1988) Memories of Midnight (1991) Kshana Kshana (2007)
Tilly Bagshawe novels	Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game (2009) Sidney Sheldon's After the Darkness (2010) Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory (2013)