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Irving snapped his fingers, so loudly that it echoed through the room, over all the chatting and flirting. Elsa was surprised that such a sharp, loud noise could come out of such a small person.
"Laura Lamont," he said. "You want it? It's yours. Come see me when you're ready."
When the most famous producer in 1930s Hollywood plucks Elsa Emerson from a party and gives her a brand-new name, a star of the silver screen is born.
Step by step she succumbs to the consuming power of the studio. But her transformation is more profound than she could ever have foreseen . . .
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'Emma Straub is a magician, full of brilliance and surprise' Lorrie Moore
‘Straub’s deft hand is gentler than any tabloid artist could hope to be, and her addicting portrayal of Laura’s life is one of a complicated woman who cannot fully grasp her own power but transcends her circumstances, nonetheless’ Booklist
‘At once a delicious depiction of Hollywood’s golden age and a sweet, fulfilling story about one woman’s journey through fame, love, and loss’ Boston Globe
‘Intimate, epic, beautifully observed’ Jennifer Egan
‘Emma Straub is a magician, full of brilliance and surprise’ Lorrie Moore
‘Sinking into this book is like settling down to watch a Greta Garbo film – it’s elegant, and refreshing in its simplicity of storytelling. Timeless’ Los Angeles Review of Books
‘Will appeal to any girl who has left a small town behind to follow her dreams to the big city’ Marie Claire
‘Plays to our longing to peer behind the movie screen’ New York Times
‘An enriching, enlightening and inspiring portrait of a doting mother, a besotted wife and a remarkable actress’ Psychologies
‘An engaging epic of a life that captures the bittersweetness of growing up, leaving home, and finding it again’ Publishers Weekly
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‘Straub’s deft hand is gentler than any tabloid artist could hope to be, and her addicting portrayal of Laura’s life is one of a complicated woman who cannot fully grasp her own power but transcends her circumstances, nonetheless’ Booklist
‘At once a delicious depiction of Hollywood’s golden age and a sweet, fulfilling story about one woman’s journey through fame, love, and loss’ Boston Globe
‘Intimate, epic, beautifully observed’ Jennifer Egan
‘Emma Straub is a magician, full of brilliance and surprise’ Lorrie Moore
‘Sinking into this book is like settling down to watch a Greta Garbo film – it’s elegant, and refreshing in its simplicity of storytelling. Timeless’ Los Angeles Review of Books
‘Will appeal to any girl who has left a small town behind to follow her dreams to the big city’ Marie Claire
‘Plays to our longing to peer behind the movie screen’ New York Times
‘An enriching, enlightening and inspiring portrait of a doting mother, a besotted wife and a remarkable actress’ Psychologies
‘An engaging epic of a life that captures the bittersweetness of growing up, leaving home, and finding it again’ Publishers Weekly
A captivating debut about the lure of the 1930s Hollywood, in all its dangerous glamour.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1447203208
- ISBN 13 9781447203209
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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