''Goodbye, Janette'' is a 1981 bestselling novel by

Harold Robbins Harold Robbins (May 21, 1916 – October 14, 1997) was an American author of popular novels. One of the best-selling writers of all time, he wrote over 25 best-sellers, selling over 750 million copies in 32 languages. Early life Robbins was b ...

, and his 16th novel. Though critically panned(6 July 1981)
Picks and Pans Review: Goodbye, Janette
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review)Holsopple, Barbara (7 June 1981)
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'' it sold well. 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,(2 June 1981)
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'' with liberal doses of

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in the plot.Wilson, Andrew
Harold Robbins: The Man Who Invented Sex
p. 245 (2007) The novel ranked seventh on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list for 1981.

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