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Barcode37821002572986
LocationMarshall District
TitleThe original : a novel / Priya Parmar.
AuthorParmar, Priya, author.
Call NoFIC PAR
CollectionAdult New Arrivals

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International Standard Book Number 9780593984130
International Standard Book Number 0593984137
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813/.6
Personal Name Parmar, Priya, author.
Title Statement The original : a novel / Priya Parmar.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint New York : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, 2026.
Physical Description 369 pages ; 22 cm.
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.
Subject-Personal Name Grant, Cary, 1904-1986 Fiction.
Subject-Personal Name Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003 Fiction.
Subject-Personal Name Selznick, Irene Mayer, 1907-1990 Fiction.
Subject-Personal Name Selznick, David O., 1902-1965 Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Motion picture actors and actresses Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Biographical fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels.

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