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Adriana Trigiani, the New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster epic The Shoemaker's Wife, returns with her biggest and boldest novel yet, a hypnotic tale based on a true story and filled with her signature elements: family ties, artistry, romance, and adventure. Born in the golden age of Hollywood, All the Stars in Heaven captures the luster, drama, power, and secrets that could only thrive in the studio system viewed through the lives of an unforgettable cast of players creating magic on the screen and behind the scenes.
In this spectacular saga as radiant, thrilling, and beguiling as Hollywood itself, Adriana Trigiani takes us back to Tinsel Town's golden age an era as brutal as it was resplendent and into the complex and glamorous world of a young actress hungry for fame and success. With meticulous, beautiful detail, Trigiani paints a rich, historical landscape of 1930s Los Angeles, where European and American artisans flocked to pursue the ultimate dream: to tell stories on the silver screen.
The movie business is booming in 1935 when twenty-one-year-old Loretta Young meets thirty-four-year-old Clark Gable on the set of The Call of the Wild. Though he's already married, Gable falls for the stunning and vivacious young actress instantly.
Far from the glittering lights of Hollywood, Sister Alda Ducci has been forced to leave her convent and begin a new journey that leads her to Loretta. Becoming Miss Young's secretary, the innocent and pious young Alda must navigate the wild terrain of Hollywood with fierce determination and a moral code that derives from her Italian roots. Over the course of decades, she and Loretta encounter scandal and adventure, choose love and passion, and forge an enduring bond of love and loyalty that will be put to the test when they eventually face the greatest obstacle of their lives.
Anchored by Trigiani's masterful storytelling that takes you on a worldwide ride of adventure from Hollywood to the shores of southern Italy, this mesmerizing epic is, at its heart, a luminous tale of the most cherished ties that bind. Brimming with larger-than-life characters both real and fictional including stars Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy, David Niven, Hattie McDaniel and more it is it is the unforgettable story of one of cinema's greatest love affairs during the golden age of American movie making."
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Trigiani (The Supreme Macaroni Company) turns to Hollywood's golden age for her latest novel. Loretta Young falls for a very married Clark Gable while filming The Call of the Wild on location and becomes pregnant with his child. Gable claimed to love her but jumps from woman to woman and does not get to know his daughter. Narrator Blair Brown does an interesting job developing the character of Alda, Young's ex-nun secretary. She and Loretta must figure out how to hide the pregnancy from the critical eyes of Hollywood's powerful gossip columnists and the studio bosses who would use it to end her career. The book has a somewhat out-of-balance-even disjointed-feel in that after the birth of Young and Gable's daughter, events seem rushed. Young's postmovie life contains an interesting bit of business with a female painter, one of Alda's relatives, set in 2000 that frames the entire narrative. Verdict Recommended for Trigiani fans and those fascinated by Hollywood's golden age. ["A tinsel-trimmed treat for movie buffs and Trigiani fans alike": LJ 10/1/15 review of the HarperCollins hc.]-David Faucheux, Lafayette, LA © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.