Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale Audiobook by Pamela Hamilton

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ID: 590331
Title: Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale
Author: Pamela Hamilton
Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld
Format: Unabridged
Length: 08:30:08
Language: English
Release date: 12-06-22
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Essays & Anthologies, Literary Fiction

Summary:
A moving portrait of Dorothy Hale, the legendary 1930s socialite immortalized in one of Frida Kahlos most celebrated paintings.
Winner of the National Indie Excellence Awards, Pamela Hamilton delivers glamour, romance, tragedy, a close and stormy friendship with famed playwright and Vogue and Vanity Fair editor Clare Boothe Luce and the enchanting story of a woman navigating a world of incredible wealth and power in New York, Paris, Hollywood, and grand estates of the Gold Coasta perfect book club read.
Lady Be Good transports us to the glittering, sumptuous era of 1920s New York to follow the life of aspiring actress Dorothy Hale as she comes of age. Breaking societal rules imposed on women, Pecks Bad Girl of Pittsburgh Society leaves behind her privileged world for the bright lights of Broadway to chase her dream. From convent school debutante runaway to Ziegfeld showgirl to Hollywood star, Hale transforms herself into one of the most adored figures in the highest echelons of society. Yet behind the public façade the darling of the press contends with heart-rending loss, gossip, and betrayal, and a tempestuous friendship with Luce.
Surrounded by her fabulous circle of friendsGertrude Stein, Fred Astaire, Cole Porter, James Roosevelt, Elsa Maxwell, and other iconic figuresDorothy finds her way to the other side of heartbreak and prepares for a White House wedding. Then, suddenly, at age thirty-three, at the height of happiness and peak of her fame, she falls to her death. Her life story is revised and written into history by the tabloids and the famed and fêtedleading to this novels stunning conclusion.
Former NBC producer Pamela Hamilton turns her journalism skills on discovering the facts about Dorothy Hales story, then spins them with color and life into breathtaking revelations about the irresistible and misunderstood glamour girl whose legend has endured for more than half a century.

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