Take a photo of a barcode or cover
sarahsbookstack 's review for:
A Golden Life
by Ginny Kubitz Moyer
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
I just flew through this book about the glamorous (and NOT SO glamorous) look at the Golden Age of Hollywood through one of its stars. (Though the character of Kitty is fictional, parts of her story are drawn from a real Golden Age Hollywood girl).
Frances becomes a secretary to the head of a studio, Lawrence. He's dating Belinda who will star in a movie of Kitty but once the real Kitty gets wind of the screenplay of her life- she writes a letter to have them stop it. So Frances and Lawrence head to where she lives to try and change her mind.
Kitty is wonderful. She is a 90 year old woman who has physical pains of course but her mind is still super sharp. I loved that she recognized in Frances another woman whose past isn't fully told and people have wrong ideas about them, so she feels comfortable in telling her true story to Frances. I really liked Frances and Lawrence too. They are so kind and gentle with Kitty. Lawrence is an upstanding man who doesn't act like other men in Hollywood in power which was refreshing. I really liked that Lawrence finally found a way to connect and really see his daughter Sally.
Frances becomes a secretary to the head of a studio, Lawrence. He's dating Belinda who will star in a movie of Kitty but once the real Kitty gets wind of the screenplay of her life- she writes a letter to have them stop it. So Frances and Lawrence head to where she lives to try and change her mind.
Kitty is wonderful. She is a 90 year old woman who has physical pains of course but her mind is still super sharp. I loved that she recognized in Frances another woman whose past isn't fully told and people have wrong ideas about them, so she feels comfortable in telling her true story to Frances. I really liked Frances and Lawrence too. They are so kind and gentle with Kitty. Lawrence is an upstanding man who doesn't act like other men in Hollywood in power which was refreshing. I really liked that Lawrence finally found a way to connect and really see his daughter Sally.