EPISODE · Apr 16, 2019 · 13H 4M
The Great Pretenders (Written by Laura Kalpakian)
from Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary Women · host Laura Kalpakian
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Pretenders Author: Laura Kalpakian Narrator: Alexandra Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 16, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The daughter of Hollywood royalty, Roxanne Granville is used to getting what she wants—even if she has to break the rules. But after a falling-out with her grandfather, a powerful movie mogul, she has to face life on her own for the first time.… Roxanne forges a career unique for women in the 1950s, becoming an agent for hungry young screenwriters. She struggles to be taken seriously by the men who rule Hollywood and who often assume that sexual favors are just a part of doing business. When she sells a script by a blacklisted writer under the name of a willing front man, more exiled writers seek her help. Roxanne wades into a world murky with duplicity and deception, and she can’t afford any more risks. Then she meets Terrence Dexter, a compelling African American journalist unlike anyone she’s ever known. Roxanne again breaks the rules, and is quickly swept up in a passionate relationship with very real dangers that could destroy everything she’s carefully built. Roxanne Granville is a woman who bravely defies convention. She won’t let men make all the rules, and won’t let skin color determine whom she can love. The Great Pretenders is a riveting, emotional novel that resonates in today’s world, and reminds us that some things are worth fighting for.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Pretenders Author: Laura Kalpakian Narrator: Alexandra Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 16, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The daughter of Hollywood royalty, Roxanne Granville is used to getting what she wants—even if she has to break the rules. But after a falling-out with her grandfather, a powerful movie mogul, she has to face life on her own for the first time.… Roxanne forges a career unique for women in the 1950s, becoming an agent for hungry young screenwriters. She struggles to be taken seriously by the men who rule Hollywood and who often assume that sexual favors are just a part of doing business. When she sells a script by a blacklisted writer under the name of a willing front man, more exiled writers seek her help. Roxanne wades into a world murky with duplicity and deception, and she can’t afford any more risks. Then she meets Terrence Dexter, a compelling African American journalist unlike anyone she’s ever known. Roxanne again breaks the rules, and is quickly swept up in a passionate relationship with very real dangers that could destroy everything she’s carefully built. Roxanne Granville is a woman who bravely defies convention. She won’t let men make all the rules, and won’t let skin color determine whom she can love. The Great Pretenders is a riveting, emotional novel that resonates in today’s world, and reminds us that some things are worth fighting for.
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