· This book has everything you might want to keep you involved and fascinated. Resisting the cliche of good girl goes too Hollywood to follow her dream and is corrupted by the decadent fantasy land, Ms. Alcott presents huge stars a d made them human and a fictional girl and Made her grow/5(). · Alcott makes good use of her research to portray the turbulent GWTW shoot, Lombard's earthy personality and genuine love for the equally no-BS Gable, and Julie's introduction via Andy to the more intellectual side of Hollywood culture (a Herman Mankiewicz dinner party; a meeting with her idol, pioneering screenwriter Frances Marion).Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. A Touch of Stardust by Kate Alcott | Penguin Random House Audio. Synopsis. Praise. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmaker comes a blockbuster novel that takes you behind the scenes of the filming of Gone with the Wind, while turning the spotlight on the passionate romance between its dashing leading man, Clark Gable, and the blithe, free-spirited actress Carole Lombard.
A Touch of Stardust by Alcott, Kate. Anchor, Paperback. Good. A Touch of Stardust: A Novel by Alcott, Kate and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru I think Kate Alcott has a heroine type. Strong, but needing to discover that at the beginning of the story, doesn't believe she is pretty, but is in fact very eye catching, clever, wide-eyed and then learns the ropes, triumphs over challenges, and at the end of our journey with her, knows what she wants for the future and takes clear-eyed steps in that direction.
A TOUCH OF STARDUST. By Kate Alcott. pp. Doubleday, $ If you could time-travel to anywhere in the golden age of Hollywood, it would be hard to imagine a place more exciting than the set of. Trade Paperback. Julie Crawford left Fort Wayne, Indiana with dreams of being a Hollywood screenwriter. Unfortunately, her new life is off to a rocky start. Fired by the notoriously demanding director of Gone With the Wind, she’s lucky to be rescued by Carole Lombard, whose scandalous affair with the still-married Clark Gable is just heating up. There’s more than a touch of stardust here. It’s liberally sprinkled on every page.”-- Toronto Star " If you are a real film buff and true book lover, chances are you will not forget the irresistible new novel A Touch of Stardust This is a daring act of literary imagination And in Alcott's hands, the make-believe Lombard feels like an ahead of her times, flesh-and-blood human being who is as interesting as any character she portrayed on the silver screen.
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