engaging portrait of an indomitable womanâAn at the heart of Golden Age Hollywoodâ Gill Paul, bestselling author ofThe Manhattan Girls
I was hooked from the first pageâââââ â⌠it had what I was looking for in the Golden Age of Hollywoodâ NetGalley reviewer
Really reminded me ofCity of Girlsâââââ â, the lifestyle, the glamour but also the tenderness⌠Wonderful!â NetGalley reviewer
âYouâre young and beautiful. The world is your oyster â itâs up to you to find your pearlâ
When Maybelle Crabtree, a God-fearing farm girl from Kentucky, has a chance encounter with a charismatic stranger, her life changes forever. With an invitation to join the infamous Alla Nazimova and her Sewing Circle, Maybelleâs eyes are opened to a life of decadence and glamour.
Able to freely discover her own sexuality, Maybelle embraces all that Hollywood has to offer in the hedonist roaring twenties.
But both Maybelle and Alla have secrets that threaten to bring their gilded lives crashing down. Hearts will be broken, careers destroyed and friendships shattered because what happens behind closed doors, doesnât stay hidden foreverâŚ
TW: This book contains scenes of a sexual nature, violence, domestic abuse and abortion.
âAn enticing parallel portrait, of women endeavouring to be heard in a glittering but masculine eraâ Mandy Robotham, international bestselling author
extraordinaryâAn storyâ Georgia Kaufmann, author ofThe Dressmaker of Paris
Emotional and poignantâ⌠beautifully written and so evocative. A truly fantastic read!â âââââ
I was totally involved in the storyâExcellent⌠, the characters and their livesâ âââââ
Eye-openingâ⌠a trip back in timeâ âââââ
fascinating queer womenâA thoroughly engaging read with against the backdrop of the Hollywood age. Bravo!â ââââ
âI was not fully prepared to completely fall in love with this bookâ ââââ
Beautifully craftedâ, richly detailed with captivating charactersâ â âââââ
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