In a Town Called Paradox
by Miriam Murcutt and Richard Starks
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Pub Date Feb 03 2021 | Archive Date Jan 30 2021
Prestwicke Publishing | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
“I wasn’t looking for Marilyn Monroe when I bumped into her, even though I knew she was in town filming River of No Return…”
So begins In A Town Called Paradox – set in Utah, in the 1950s, when the Big Five Hollywood studios were lured to that state by the fiery red-rock scenery that formed the perfect backdrop to the blockbuster movies they planned to film.
Corin Dunbar – banished to live with her aunt Jessie, an obsessively religious spinster who runs a failing cattle ranch near Paradox – hates her new life, until the arrival of Hollywood turns the rural backwater into a playground for glamorous stars. Seduced by the glitz of the movies, Corin finds work with the studios, but after a brush with the casting couch, channels her growing ambition into saving the ranch—the jewel of the Dunbar family for three generations.
When Corin falls for Ark Stevenson – a charismatic stranger who was raised by missionaries in the Amazon jungle (then drawn to Paradox by his fascination with the Westerns that are filmed there) – her future seems bright. That’s not the outlook facing Yiska Begay, a Navajo Indian and convicted murderer who’s on the run near Paradox. These different lives unexpectedly collide when a tragic accident wrecks Corin’s dreams and forces her to make an agonizing decision that changes the course of her life forever.
Told mainly by Corin—now a middle-aged woman still haunted by this watershed moment—In A Town Called Paradox is a compelling read that redefines the meaning of love as it asks the question: If each of us has a life story, then who decides how it unfolds – and how it should end?
A Note From the Publisher
ebook: 9780974694610
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780974694603 |
| PRICE | $11.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Barbara W, Reviewer
Set in the 1950’s in rural Utah, this is a story of struggle, hardship, relationships, ranching, and the glamour of Hollywood using this small town to make cowboy films.
There are so many rich strands to this story, and such diverse characters within it, that it’s impossible for me to give more of an outline than other reviewers have already given without almost telling the story!
This book is well researched, well written and I loved it. It grabbed me and didn’t let go until the very end. I wholeheartedly recommend it to you.
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