The Queen of Tuesday

The Queen of Tuesday
Author :
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Total Pages : 337
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780812982572
ISBN-13 : 0812982576
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Queen of Tuesday by : Darin Strauss

Download or read book The Queen of Tuesday written by Darin Strauss and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucille Ball, Hollywood’s first true media mogul, stars in this “bold” (The Boston Globe), “boisterous novel” (The New Yorker) with a thrilling love story at its heart—from the award-winning, bestselling author of Chang & Eng and Half a Life A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • “A gorgeous, Technicolor take on America in the middle of the twentieth century.”—Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Nickel Boys 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—was part of America’s first high-profile interracial marriage. She owned more movie sets than did any movie studio. 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, she suffered in private. Her partner couldn’t stay faithful. She struggled to balance 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 Half a Life, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award—mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew.


The Queen of Tuesday Related Books

The Queen of Tuesday
Language: en
Pages: 337
Authors: Darin Strauss
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-05-25 - Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Lucille Ball, Hollywood’s first true media mogul, stars in this “bold” (The Boston Globe), “boisterous novel” (The New Yorker) with a thrilling love s
The Lost Night
Language: en
Pages: 354
Authors: Andrea Bartz
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-02-26 - Publisher: Ballantine Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

What really happened the night Edie died? Years later, her best friend Lindsay will learn how unprepared she is for the truth in this “impressive debut” (Pe
More Than It Hurts You
Language: en
Pages: 424
Authors: Darin Strauss
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-06-19 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Read Darin Strauss's posts on the Penguin Blog Josh Goldin's happy yet unexamined existence is shattered one morning when his wife, Dori, rushes their eight-mon
Half a Life
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Darin Strauss
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-31 - Publisher: Random House

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this powerful, unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Darin Strauss examines the far-reaching consequences of the tragic moment that has shadowed his whole
A Knock at Midnight
Language: en
Pages: 351
Authors: Brittany K. Barnett
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-08-03 - Publisher: Crown

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST • NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE • A “powerful and devastating” (The Washington Post) call to free those buried alive b