The queen of Tuesday.
The queen of Tuesday.
Alternate Title
:
Queen of Tuesday : a Lucille Ball story
By
:
Strauss, Darin.
Publication Date
:
2020
Subject Term
:
Celebrities -- Fiction.
Television actors and actresses -- Fiction.
Businesswomen -- Fiction.
Interracial marriage -- Fiction.
Adultery -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
This indelible romance begins with a daring conceit--that the author's grandfather may have had an affair with Lucille Ball. Strauss offers a fresh view of a celebrity America loved more than any other. Lucille Ball--the most powerful woman in the history of Hollywood--starred in America's first big-time interracial marriage. She owned more movie sets than did any movie studio. And she more or less single-handedly created the modern TV business. And yet Lucille's off-camera life was in disarray. While acting out a happy marriage for millions, in private she suffered. Her partner couldn't stay faithful. She struggled to manage her fame with the demands of being a mother, a creative genius, an entrepreneur, and, most of all, a symbol. The Queen of Tuesday--Strauss's follow-up to the NBCC-winning Half a Life--mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780812992762
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC STR |