Rooney Kathleen - From Dust To Stardust A Novel - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: From the bestselling author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk comes a novel about Hollywood the cost of stardom and selfless second acts inspired by an extraordinary true story. Chicago 1916. Doreen O Dare is fourteen years old when she hops a Hollywood - bound train with her beloved Irish grandmother. Within a decade her trademark bob and insouciant charm make her the preeminent movie flapper of the Jazz Age. But her success story masks one of relentless ambition tragedy and the secrets of a dangerous marriage. Her professional life in flux Doreen trades one dream for another. She pours her wealth and creative energy into a singular achievement: the construction of a one - ton miniature Fairy Castle the likes of which the world has never seen. So begins Doreen's public tour to lift the nation's spirits during the Great Depression and a personal journey worth remembering. A sweeping journey from the dawn of the motion picture era through turbulent twentieth - century America From Dust to Stardust is a breathtaking novel about one determined woman navigating change challenging the price of fame and sharing the gift of real magic.
Title: From Dust To Stardust A Novel
Author(s): Rooney Kathleen
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Barcode: 9781662510588
Pages: 285 Pages
Publication Date: 9/5/2023
Category: Historical Fiction