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Do tell : a novel / Lindsay Lynch.
"A glittering debut novel set in the golden age of Hollywood, following a former actress whose new career in gossip journalism grants her more power on the page than she ever commanded in front of the camera"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385549370 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 338 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
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| Subject: | Gossip columnists > Fiction. Motion picture industry > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Women > Fiction. Los Angeles (Calif.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | FIC Lynch | 31681010331403 | FICTION | Available | - |
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A contract actress moonlighting as Hollywoodâs reigning gossip columnist publishes an accusation from a rising starlet that an A-list actor assaulted her, changing the trajectories of all involved and forcing her to make an impossible choice about her lucrative career. - Random House, Inc.
A scintillating debut novel that brings the golden age of Hollywood to glittering life, from star-studded opening nights to backlot brawls, on-location Westerns to the Hollywood Canteen. Through character actress turned gossip columnist Edie O'Dare's eyes, Lindsay Lynch draws back the curtain on classic Hollywoodâs secrets.
"Glamorous, tawdry, and human. A rich portrait of the lives of early Hollywood's beautiful puppets and those holding their strings.â âEmma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow ⢠âDo Tell illuminates issues of fame and notoriety as relevant now as they were almost a century ago.â âGeraldine Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of Horse
As character actress Edie O'Dare finishes the final year of her contract with FWM Studios, the clock is ticking for her to find a new gig after an undistinguished stint in the pictures. She's long supplemented her income moonlighting for Hollywood's reigning gossip columnist, providing her with the salacious details of every party and premiere. When an up-and-coming starlet hands her a letter alleging an assault from an A-list actor at a party with Edie and the rest of the industryâs biggest names in attendance, Edie helps get the story into print and sets off a chain of events that will alter the trajectories of everyone involved.Â
Now on a new side of the entertainment business, Edieâs second act career grants her more control on the page than she ever commanded in front of the camera. But Edie quickly learns that publishing the secrets of those former colleagues she considers friends has repercussions. And when she finds herself in the middle of the trial of the decade, Edie is forced to make an impossible choice with the potential to ruin more than one life. Full of sharp observation and crackling wit, debut novelist Lindsay Lynch maps the intricate networks of power that manufacture the magic of the movies and interrogates who actually gets to tell women's stories.
