Stars Over Sunset Boulevard
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In this novel from the acclaimed author of A Bridge Across the Ocean and The Last Year of the War, two women working in Hollywood during its Golden Age discover the joy and heartbreak of true friendship. Los Angeles, Present Day. When an iconic hat worn by Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind ends up in Christine McAllister’s vintage clothing boutique by mistake, her efforts to return it to its owner take her on a journey more enchanting than any classic movie.... Los Angeles, 1938. Violet Mayfield sets out to reinvent herself in Hollywood after her dream of becoming a wife and mother falls apart, and lands a job on the film-set of Gone With the Wind. There, she meets enigmatic Audrey Duvall, a once-rising film star who is now a fellow secretary. Audrey’s zest for life and their adventures together among Hollywood’s glitterati enthrall Violet...until each woman’s deepest desires collide. What Audrey and Violet are willing to risk, for themselves and for each other, to ensure their own happy endings will shape their friendship, and their lives, far into the future. CONVERSATION GUIDE INCLUDED
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Originally posted on Creative Madness Mama.I'm a few books behind on my book list for Susan Meissner, but I'm excited seeing the covers and descriptions of her latest releases from new-to-me publisher NAL (New American Library), part of the Penguin Random House family of publishers. I was expecting a copy of Stars Over Sunset Boulevard to review, but it never arrived so I only a few days ago acquired a digital copy. So soon, I hope to update a review for you, which I can almost guarantee with my past experiences with Susan's writing to be good!
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I absolutely loved this novel. It was very easy to get into the story from the beginning. I was worried I wasn't going to enjoy it at all because I don't normally read something like this but I was surprised how much I did like it.
I loved the intertwined story lines that end up coming together at the end. It was great to read about Violet and Audrey living there lives as young secretaries in Hollywood working at the studio during Gone With the Wind filming and on. Violet and Audrey were written as real people because not everything went their way, even in the end we find out things don't always go there way. I loved the secret that the two friends had all the way until the end. It was pretty amazing.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who would read it. I would rate this 4.75 out of 5 stars on Goodreads.
1 star for “did not like.”
I'm trying to clear my shelves and this was one I've tried to get into before without much success. I knew when I picked it up that it was a long shot for me as I'm not much into old Hollywood, but it was a freebie, so I grabbed it.
I'm even less into old Hollywood than I was when I picked it up, so in this case it's probably me, not the book. The choppy descriptions of things, people, actions in the writing aren't my style either, as it makes it have a wooden, thumpy feel.
Content: smoking, profanity
