Author: Kate Alcott
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Knogf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2015
Pages: 304
Rating: Recommend
Synopsis: Julie Crawford left Fort Wayne, Inidna with dreams of being a Hollywood screenwriter. Unfortuntely, her new life is off to a rocky start. Fired by the notoriously demanding director of Gone with the Wind, she's lucky to be rescued by Carole Lombard, whose scandalous affair with the still-married Clark Gable is just heating up.
As Carole's assistant, Julie suddenly has a front-row seat to two of the world's greatest love affairs. And while Rhett and Scarlett - and Lombard and Gable - make movie history, Julie is caught up in a whirlwind of outsized personalities and overheated behind-the-scenes drama. . .not to mention a budding romance of her own.
Review: While I was never engrossed in the story or absorbed into the characters' lives, this was an interesting novel. I loved reading about the making of Gone with the Wind, an epic novel an movie.
I didn't love the ending, but it did ring true to life so I guess I can't fault the author for that.
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