Oh, to be a movie star!
Oh, to have enough to eat, at last!
Oh no! Murder witnesses have few choices…
This story set in the early days of “talkies” during the Great Depression is told by rising starlet Lulu (formerly Lucille in the Lower East Side tenements) and by Freddie the hobo (otherwise known as the richest man in America’s sole heir) after they both witness killings that change their lives.
Head on over to Hollywood to see how their paths intersect far from their New York City homes and former social circles, as murder and mystery go from script to reality in Lulu’s latest film.
Girls, guys, guns, gosh….
**kmm
Book info: Girl About Town / Adam Shankman & Laura L. Sullivan. Atheneum Books, 2016. [Adam’s bio] [Laura’s Facebook] [publisher site] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.
My book talk: On the same night in 1931, two teens witness murders in the Big Apple – she is whisked away from slum to Hollywood while he leaves luxury behind to hit the rails as a hobo.
Elevated from poverty to movie starlet, Mob murder witness Lulu must keep quiet so her family in New York City will stay alive.
Running away from his wealthy family, Freddie bums his way from New York to California, trying to escape the murder he saw committed in his own home.
On the set of “Girl About Town” in Hollywood, a prop gun suddenly fires a real bullet into a rival starlet, and Lulu pulled the trigger!
All the smoke and mirrors, gossip columnists and sugar daddies, rising stars and wannabees of Hollywood’s golden age get the full cinematic treatment as Lulu and Freddie try to find out who loaded that gun and who wants them both to pay for someone else’s crime. (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com)
