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Starlet

Starlet

Joshi, Anushka

Hardcover

General Fiction

Publisher Price: $30.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date March 9, 2027

ISBN13: 9798217180028
Publisher: Tiny Reparations Books
Published: Mar 9 2027
Pages: 320
Language: English
A sweeping debut novel following a glamorous and entrancing Hollywood starlet who makes history while carrying a secret that, if exposed, could cost her everything.

Slim, dark-haired, nineteen. The year is 1929 and Estelle Thompson's pours over magazines inspecting the local beauties of Bombay who look nothing like her. Her days feel enchanted when she meets a young English officer who shares her love of the movies. When Estelle reveals her most guarded secret, the engagement falls through. And so, she decides to throw practicality aside and pursue a career on the screen.

Estelle reinvents herself as the elusive, vampy Merle Oberon. She spends her days falling in love again and again for the camera, then spends her nights waltzing along the red carpet in gorgeous gowns. Long days under studio lights cement Merle's place as a household name. But Merle's celebrity is conditional. Only her mother, disguised as her maid, knows the truth behind Merle's picture-perfect smile.

The day comes when Merle is nominated for an Oscar, making history unbeknownst to anyone around her. But away from the headrush of fame, Estelle finds herself anchorless in the world of glitz and glamour, continuing her necessary façade long after the director yells cut.

Searing, delightfully atmospheric and wholly mesmerizing, Starlet is impossible to forget.

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