The Girl Made of Stars
by K.E. Le Veque
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Pub Date Jan 29 2025 | Archive Date Jan 30 2025
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Description
Lola Grayson had it all.
In 1934, Lola was on top of the world. Dubbed "The Siren" by MGM, she was a protégé of Louis B. Mayer, the original talkie sex symbol before the rise of stars like Carole Lombard and Jean Harlow. But like Harlow, Lola Grayson had a dominant stage mother and bad health that struggled to meet the demand of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Exploited, pushed, primped, and promoted as MGM's biggest star, Lola Grayson made one fatal mistake - falling in love with fellow MGM star Robert Taggart. Together, they were the golden couple that audiences demanded to see. But Lola wanted what every young woman at the time wanted - a husband and a family. For a major star, that was a death sentence.
Lola Grayson's death rocked the world.
In the present day, Joey Cabot is a novelist with a struggling career. In a stroke of fate, she purchases Lola Grayson and Robert Taggart's former home in Los Angeles. It was a secret love nest they kept hidden from the world, but what comes out of the old walls is a secret no one wanted to see the light of day. Something so explosive that it could lay Hollywood history wide-open. In discovering that secret, Joey sees the salvation of her career, but it soon becomes apparent that Joey isn't working for her salvation, but for Lola's.
Old Hollywood glamour and tragedy brings together two lost souls in this masterpiece fictional tale of one woman's death... and one woman's life.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 08142024TGMOS |
| PRICE | $5.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 310 |
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Featured Reviews
Dorothy C, Librarian
Girl made of stars
Kathryn LeVeque
Brilliant book. It’s a parallel story involving 2 women from different eras who end up effecting each other lives in a phenomenal way. It’s about women struggling to come into their own. This book is so well written, the characters so alive, even the secondary ones, plot so unique it’s actually startling in its beauty. This book affected me in such a way, I think it is right up there with one of the best books I’ve ever read. Congrats and bravo to Ms LeVeque.
Sabrina S, Reviewer
This was a cool book! I did end up really enjoying it. The Girl Made of Stars is about a young actress named Lola Grayson during the Golden Age of Hollywood who ends up falling in love with another star at MGM. Like many other stars during this time in Hollywood, Lola is exploited and taken advantage of movie executives and also struggles with issues including bad health and an overbearing mother. The alternate timeline in the novel features a woman named Joey Cabot, who is a writer and ends up purchasing a home in Los Angeles that was owned by Lola Grayson and the man she fell in love with. Joey is also struggling with the loss of her mother and the complicated relationship the two of them had prior to her mother's death. I appreciate how this novel featured two interesting stories in one, and I enjoyed reading both Lola and Joey's stories. I love reading stories based on the Golden Age of Hollywood, and this one was no exception! I am looking forward to reading more by this author as I enjoyed her style of writing and the pacing of the novel. The characters felt very real and relatable. The cover is also so beautiful!
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!
Kyley R, Reviewer
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Golden Age of Hollywood and classic movie star trope for books! It was definitely giving me Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo vibes, which is one of my favorite books of all time. The contrast and entanglement of similarities between the two story lines, old Hollywood vs. modern day, is just so good.
Thadeus W, Reviewer
This book is was amazing! I could not stop reading. The attention to detail was perfect! Now I have another favorite author! If you love old Hollywood then this book is for you. Thanks NetGallery!
Larissa P, Librarian
I loved everything about this book, from how it was set in both the past and present, to the characterization, storyline, and reveals. This book has it all. I think the message is a poignant one and really shows how expectations of old Hollywood caused such harm to woman and their aspirations in life. I am sure these are still some of the same issues females deal with, but I can only hope that the studios are kinder. I am so excited to recommend this book. It is everything I could have asked for and more.
Thank you to Dragonblade Publishing and Netgalley for allowing me to read an advance copy of this title.
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