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Author Kalpakian, Laura, 1945- author.

Title The great pretenders / Laura Kalpakian.

Publication Info. New York : Berkley, 2019.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F KALPAKIAN    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  FIC KALPAKI    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Popular Paperback  PBK-KALPAKIAN    DUE 05-10-24
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Adult Fiction  FIC KALPAKIAN, L    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  F KALPAKIAN, L.    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Adult Fiction  FIC KALPAKIAN    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  FIC KALPAKIAN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult Fiction  F KALPAKIAN LAURA    Check Shelf
Edition First Edition.
Description 376 pages ; 21 cm
Note Includes readers guide.
Summary "An unforgettable novel from an award-winning author about an ambitious young agent's daring fight to protect blacklisted writers in McCarthy-era Hollywood and her passionate relationship with an African American journalist. Outraged by her grandfather's illicit affair with Empire Pictures' latest femme fatale, Roxanne Granville forsakes her position as Hollywood royalty and rejects the man who raised her, determined to strike out on her own. Backed by little more than the stubborn grit she inherited from her beloved grandmother, Roxanne sets up shop as a low-budget film agent for budding screenwriters. When an old friend, exiled from Hollywood and Empire Pictures by her grandfather for being a Communist sympathizer, begs for her help, Roxanne decides to right the wrongs committed by her family. It's what her grandmother would have wanted. Soon Roxanne finds herself at the helm of a lucrative business, having landed her secret clients a handful of major studio deals through willing frontmen. Her newfound freedom leads her to a passionate relationship with an African American journalist and jazz aficionado. But Hollywood is ruthless when it senses a scandal. How long will it take before all of Roxanne's success comes crumbling down?"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Literary agents -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Motion picture authorship -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Blacklisting of authors -- United States -- Fiction.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Fiction.
Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Fiction.
African American journalists -- Fiction.
Interracial dating -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Romance fiction.
ISBN 9781101990186 (softcover)
110199018X (softcover)
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