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Janet Leigh House Of Destiny
Mira 1996 1551661594 / 9781551661599 Mass Market Paperback Very Good
1551661594 1551661594 Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Hard on the heels of her memoir, Psycho: Behind the Scenes, comes actress Leigh's first novel; and, while she will never win any prizes for style (her prose veers between functional and bathetic), the book is a conscientious attempt to record the history of a film colony in the lives of two unlikely friends. In 1936, Sun Valley, Idaho, becomes the winter playground for socialites and Hollywood's leading stars. Local bad boy Jude Abavas joins the staff at the ski resort, and soon the ambitious sheepherder becomes indispensable to management and guests. He is befriended by Wade Colby, real-estate heir and Hollywood's newest screen idol. After the tragic death of his wife and son, Jude leaves Sun Valley for L.A., where Wade hires him as his personal assistant. So begins a 20-year partnership that endures as Wade achieves superstardom and Jude becomes a major producer. A mini-history of the resort and of the film community flashes by as the pair survive the McCarthy years, branch out into TV and fall in love with the same woman. Leigh weaves fact and fiction bravely, though her apparent desire to mention nearly every person relevant to her two settings ?and every significant national and international event from 1915 to 1990?results in veritable lists of names flashed on the page but never to be seen again. She also relies on frequent tragedies to provide incident, and her characterization is superficial at best. But readers drawn to the book by curiosity may find themselves engrossed in Hollywood lore. Author tour. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Realizing that he wants more that just an Idaho sheep ranch, Jude Abavas hires on at the blossoming Sun Valley ski resort and ends up meeting a movie star who becomes his entry into the business end of the film industry. In a story that sweeps from the Golden Age of film through the founding years?and beyond?of television, Leigh manages to produce a highly readable novel that, unlike many Hollywood-based stories, provides a relatively low-key, realistic?but no less compelling?picture of the times. Not a romance in the strictest sense, this first novel falls well within the bounds of the family saga and contains the requisite amount of conflict, passion (illicit and otherwise), personal tragedy, and triumph. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Janet Leigh House Of Destiny
Mira 1551661594 / 9781551661599 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Good
1551661594 1551661594 Mass Market Paperback. G. Lite wear, creases otherwise a solid copy. General Used condition.
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