Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures (Paperback)

A Bookpage Best Books of 2012 pick
"At once a delicious depiction of Hollywood's golden age and a sweet, fulfilling story about one woman's journey through fame, love, and loss."--"Boston"" Globe "
In 1920, Elsa Emerson is born to the owners of the Cherry County Playhouse in Door County, Wisconsin. Elsa relishes appearing onstage, where she soaks up the approval of her father and the embrace of the audience. But when tragedy strikes her family, her acting becomes more than a child's game of pretend. While still in her teens, Elsa marries and flees to Los Angeles. There she is discovered by Hollywood mogul Irving Green, who refashions her as an exotic brunette screen siren and renames her Laura Lamont. But fame has its costs, and while Laura tries to balance career, family, and personal happiness, she realizes that Elsa Emerson might not be gone completely. Ambitious and richly imagined, "Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures "is as intimate--and as bigger-than-life--as the great films of the golden age of Hollywood.

General

Imprint:	Riverhead Books,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2013
First published:	July 2013
Authors:	Emma Straub
Dimensions:	202 x 131 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-1-59463-182-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction
LSN:	1-59463-182-4
Barcode:	9781594631825

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