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• Wild Women and the Blues

  Bryce, Denny S.,

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  Ordinary People meets Chicago the musical as played out in the city's Black Belt, Wild Women and the Blues is a mainstream historical fiction novel that weaves the stories of a grieving film student in 2015 and an ambitious chorus girl in 1925 in a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beautiful Little Fools

  a Novel

  Cantor, Jillian,

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  On a sultry August day in 1922, Jay Gatsby is shot dead in his West Egg swimming pool. To the police, it appears to be an open-and-shut case of murder/suicide when the body of George Wilson, a local mechanic, is found in the woods nearby. Then a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Spectacular

  a Novel

  Davis, Fiona, 1966-

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  New York City, 1956: Nineteen-year-old Marion Brooks knows she should be happy. Her college sweetheart is about to propose and sweep her off to the life everyone has always expected they’d have together: a quiet house in the suburbs, Marion staying…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• City of Girls

  Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-

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  “Life is both fleeting and dangerous, and there is no point in denying yourself pleasure, or being anything other than what you are.” Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Show Girl

  Harrison, Nicola, 1979-

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  Nicola Harrison's The Show Girl gives a glimpse of the glamorous world of the Ziegfeld Follies, through the eyes of a young midwestern woman who comes to New York City to find her destiny as a Ziegfeld Follies star. It's 1927 when Olive McCormick…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daughter of Calamity

  Lin, Rosalie M.,

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  Genres collide in this dark and atmospheric reimagining of 1930s Shanghai for fans of Nghi Vo and S. A. Chakraborty. Jingwen spends her nights as a showgirl at the Paramount, one of the most lavish clubs in Shanghai, competing ruthlessly to charm…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Glitter in the Dark

  Lyuzna, Olesya,

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  The search for a kidnapped singer in Prohibition-era New York leads an intrepid reporter from Harlem speakeasies to the dazzling world of the theater, all while grappling with her warring passions. Ambitious advice columnist Ginny Dugan knows she’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Seventh Veil of Salome

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  1950s Hollywood: Every actress wants to play Salome, the star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary woman whose story has inspired artists since ancient times. So when the film’s mercurial director casts Vera Larios, an unknown…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love

  Murphy, Alice

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  Moulin Rouge meets The Greatest Showman in this romance between a vaudeville star and a showbiz tycoon who find love at the turn of the twentieth century—framed by mischievous commentary of a contemporary young historian. It’s 1897, and a new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

  a Novel

  Reid, Taylor Jenkins

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  A legendary film actress reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine. Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

  Smith Paul, Crystal,

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  A multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of modern-day showbiz When Kitty Karr Tate, a White icon of the silver screen, dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar estate to the St. John sisters,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girls at the Kingfisher Club

  a Novel

  Valentine, Genevieve

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  By 1927 there were twelve girls who danced all night and never gave names, but by then the men had given up asking and called them all Princess. The men would have called them anything they wanted to be called, Dollface or Queenie or Beloved, just…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Chosen and the Beautiful

  Vo, Nghi,

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  Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Siren Queen

  Vo, Nghi,

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  It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic. "No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers." Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood, she knows how dangerous the movie business is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Feuding Fan Dancers

  Faith Bacon, Sally Rand, and the Golden Age of the Showgirl

  Zemeckis, Leslie Harter,

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  In a world where a woman's only currency is her beauty, her value was fleeting—unless she had the inner strength and courage to warp it to her will. In this title, Zemeckis (Behind the Burly Q) explores the lives of Faith Bacon (1910–56) and Sally…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chicago

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  If you can’t be famous, be infamous. Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago. - letterboxd.com

• Moulin Rouge!

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  No laws. No limits. One rule. Never fall in love. A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gold Diggers of 1937

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  COME ON AND CHEER IT’S A “GOLD DIGGERS” YEAR! The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation