| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
318 pages ; 25 cm |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989 -- Fiction.
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Celebrities -- Fiction.
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Television actors and actresses -- Fiction.
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Businesswomen -- Fiction.
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Interracial marriage -- Fiction.
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Adultery -- Fiction.
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Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989. (OCoLC)fst00053140
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Romance fiction.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Added Title |
Queen of Tuesday : a Lucille Ball story |
| ISBN |
9780812992762 (hardcover) |
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0812992768 (hardcover) |
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