Michelle Fitoussi, journalist, writer, regular contributor to the French “ELLE”, wrote a stunningly truthful, fascinating biography of Elena Rubinstein - the mistress of the beauty empire. Elena’s friends were great artists, musicians, entertainers, and couturiers. She suffered from love, suffered terrible financial losses, collected art and jewelry, got divorced, quarreled with her family, and experienced tragedies of loss. In a word, her whole life is an exciting novel, a brilliant adventure epic.