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Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale
Hardcover
General FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781646632725
Publisher: PLH Media LLC
Published: Mar 31 2021
Pages: 298
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Awards: Benjamin Franklin Award, Benjamin Franklin Award
A Multi-Award-Winning Novel and Kirkus Best Book of the Year
Surprisingly gripping... -Kirkus Reviews, starred review
A moving portrait of Dorothy Hale, the legendary 1930s socialite immortalized in one of Frida Kahlo's most celebrated paintings. In her multi-award-winning debut novel, Pamela Hamilton delivers glamour, romance, tragedy, a close and stormy friendship with famed playwright and Vogue and Vanity Fair editor Clare Boothe Luce and the enchanting story of two women navigating a world of incredible wealth and power in New York, Paris, Hollywood, and grand estates of the Gold Coast-a perfect book club read.
Lady Be Good transports us to the glittering, sumptuous era of 1920s New York to follow the life of aspiring actress Dorothy Hale as she comes of age. Breaking societal rules imposed on women, Peck's Bad Girl of Pittsburgh Society leaves behind her privileged world for the bright lights of Broadway to chase her dream. From convent school debutante runaway to Ziegfeld showgirl to Hollywood star, Hale transforms herself into one of the most adored figures in the highest echelons of society. Yet behind the public façade the darling of the press contends with heart-rending loss, gossip and betrayal, and a tempestuous friendship with Luce.
Surrounded by her fabulous circle of friends-Gertrude Stein, Fred Astaire, Cole Porter, James Roosevelt, Elsa Maxwell, and other iconic figures-Dorothy finds her way to the other side of heartbreak and prepares for a White House wedding. Then, suddenly, at age thirty-three, at the height of happiness and peak of her fame, she falls to her death. Her life story is revised and written into history by the famed and fêted-leading to this novel's stunning conclusion.
Former NBC producer Pamela Hamilton turns her journalism skills on discovering the facts about Dorothy Hale's story, then spins them with color and life into breathtaking revelations about the irresistible and misunderstood glamour girl whose legend has endured for more than half a century.
Deeply evocative... A magnificent debut novel. -Bill Dedman, Pulitzer Prize Winner, New York Times #1 Bestselling Author of Empty Mansions
Hamilton instantly captivates readers. -BookLife by Publishers Weekly Editor's Pick
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