City of Flickering Light
β Scribed by Juliette Fay
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 225 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
**Juliette Fay --"one of the best authors of women's fiction" (Library Journal)--transports us back to the Golden Age of Hollywood and the raucous Roaring Twenties, as three friends struggle to earn their places among the stars of the silent screen--perfect for fans of La La Land and Rules of Civility. **
It's July 1921, "flickers" are all the rage, and Irene Van Beck has just declared her own independence by jumping off a moving train to escape her fate in a traveling burlesque show. When her friends, fellow dancer Millie Martin and comedian Henry Weiss, leap after her, the trio finds their way to the bright lights of Hollywood with hopes of making it big in the burgeoning silent film industry.
At first glance, Hollywood in the 1920s is like no other place on earth--iridescent, scandalous, and utterly exhilarating--and the three friends yearn for a life they could only have dreamed of before. But despite the glamour and...
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