| International Standard Book Number |
9780593984130
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593984137
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
813/.6
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| Personal Name |
Parmar, Priya, author.
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| Title Statement |
The original : a novel / Priya Parmar.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
372 pages ; 22 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"When young Katharine Hepburn loses her beloved brother, she makes two decisions: she will become famous, and she will never let anyone hurt her again. Leaving home at twenty-one to pursue an acting career Kate is lured to Hollywood, accompanied by her lover, Laura. Los Angeles in the early 1930s is a town full of secrets and Kate has plenty to hide. Soon she is scooped into the studio system and launched as a star--but stars must play by the rules and Kate, brilliant, bisexual, and strong-willed, refuses to conform. Surrounded by a legendary circle of inmates, including the powerful David and Irene Selznick, charming and romantically conflicted actor Cary Grant, ambitious director John Ford, and millionaire tycoon Howard Hughes, Kate anvigates a web of sex, ambition, and betrayal. As her career ascends, she faces an agonizing choice: be the star everyone wants her to be, or risk everything to become the woman she always was."--Publisher description.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003 Fiction.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Grant, Cary, 1904-1986 Fiction.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Selznick, Irene Mayer, 1907-1990 Fiction.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Selznick, David O., 1902-1965 Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Motion picture actors and actresses Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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