Book Spotlight: Platinum Doll by Anne Girard

Title: Platinum Doll 

Author: Anne Girard

Published: January 2016, MIRA

Format: Paperback, 368 pages

Set against the dazzling backdrop of Golden Age Hollywood,
novelist Anne Girard tells the enchanting story of Jean Harlow, one of
the most iconic stars in the history of film 

 

It’s the Roaring Twenties and seventeen-year-old Harlean
Carpenter McGrew has run off to Beverly Hills. She’s chasing a dream—to
escape her small, Midwestern life and see her name in lights. 

In
California, Harlean has everything a girl could want—a rich husband,
glamorous parties, socialite friends—except an outlet for her talent.
But everything changes when a dare pushes her to embrace her true
ambition—to be an actress on the silver screen. With her timeless beauty
and striking shade of platinum-blond hair, Harlean becomes Jean Harlow.
And as she’s thrust into the limelight, Jean learns that this new world
of opportunity comes with its own set of burdens. Torn between her
family and her passion to perform, Jean is forced to confront the
difficult truth—that fame comes at a price, if only she’s willing to pay
it. 

Amid a glittering cast of ingenues and Hollywood titans—Clara Bow, Clark Gable, Laurel and Hardy, Howard Hughes—Platinum Doll introduces us to the star who would shine brighter than them all.

What readers are saying . . . 

“A fascinating, page-turning,
behind-the-scenes look at what it took to be a celebrity in early Hollywood.”—  Lynn Cullen, bestselling author of Mrs. Poe and Twain’s End 

“An engrossing look at a Hollywood icon. I
couldn’t put it down.”—  Karleen Koen, New York Times bestselling author of Through A
Glass Darkly 

“Platinum Doll
will entrance readers as Harlow entranced the world.”—
Heather Webb, author of Rodin’s Lover

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About the author:Diane Haeger, who currently writes under the pen name
Anne Girard (Madame Picasso), holds a
Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University, and a
Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from UCLA. A chance meeting with the
famed author Irving Stone 25 years ago sharply focused her ambition to tell
great stories from history, and write them only after detailed research and
extensive travel to the place her character lived. That determination has
provided a fascinating journey that has taken her from the halls of
Chenonceaux, to a private interview with one of Pablo Picasso’s last surviving
friends, and most recently an invitation inside Jean Harlow’s home.

Since the
publication of her acclaimed first novel, Courtesan, in 1993, a novel that
remains in print today, her work has been translated into 18 different
languages, bringing her international success and award-winning status. 

Platinum Doll, a novel about Jean Harlow, is her 15^th
book. She lives in Southern California with her husband and family.

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