Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures
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- Release Date: 09/04/2012
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Classification: Fiction
- Classification: Fiction
- Series: N/A
- Language: English
- Format: Unabridged edition
- Genre: Literary, Documentary
- Author: Emma Straub
- Read by: Molly Ringwald
- Duration: 575 minutes
- Run Time: 575 minutes
- Language: English
- Language: English
- Audio Library Digital - 9781611209815
- Playaway - 9781611209822
Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures
Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures
- By Emma Straub
- Genre: Literary, Documentary
Audio Library Digital
09/04/2012
575 minutes
9781611209815
Playaway
09/04/2012
575 minutes
9781611209822
Description:
In 1920, Elsa Emerson is born in idyllic Door County, Wisconsin. Her family owns the Cherry County Playhouse, and Elsa relishes appearing onstage, where she soaks up the approval of her father and the embrace of the audience. But when tragedy strikes her family, acting becomes more than a child's game of pretend. Elsa marries and flees to Los Angeles. There she is discovered by Irving Green, one of the most powerful executives in Hollywood, who refashions her and renames her Laura Lamont. Laura experiences all the glamour and extravagance of the heady pinnacle of stardom in the studio-system era, but ultimately her story is a timeless one of a woman trying to balance career, family, and personal happiness, all while remaining true to herself.Quotes:
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3 1/2 stars out of four. Vividly recaptures the glamour and meticulously contrived mythology of the studio-system era., USA Today
3 1/2 stars out of four. Vividly recaptures the glamour and meticulously contrived mythology of the studio-system era., USA Today
...a witty examination of the psychic costs of reinvention in Hollywood's golden age., The Washington Post
...a witty examination of the psychic costs of reinvention in Hollywood's golden age., The Washington Post
Straub's style is clear and engaging, and her plot balances the glamour of the Hollywood Golden Age with trenchant thematic links to issues of contemporary working women. The result is a delightful, entertaining read with substance., Star Tribune
Straub's style is clear and engaging, and her plot balances the glamour of the Hollywood Golden Age with trenchant thematic links to issues of contemporary working women. The result is a delightful, entertaining read with substance., Star Tribune
An engaging epic of a life that captures the bittersweetness of growing up, leaving home, and finding it again., Publishers Weekly
An engaging epic of a life that captures the bittersweetness of growing up, leaving home, and finding it again., Publishers Weekly
A- ...a stunningly intimate portrayal of one woman's life., Entertainment Weekly
A- ...a stunningly intimate portrayal of one woman's life., Entertainment Weekly
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