Book description
From the bestselling author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk comes a novel about Hollywood, the cost of stardom, and selfless second acts, inspired by an extraordinary true story.
Chicago, 1916. Doreen O'Dare is fourteen years old when she hops a Hollywood-bound train with her beloved Irish grandmother. Within a…
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1 author picked From Dust to Stardust as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This fictionalized story is about one of Hollywood’s
biggest silent film stars (Colleen Moore), on whom the three movies entitled A
Star is Born are based.
Yes, it’s rags to riches for Doreen O’Dare, a determined teenager who follows her dream and makes it to the top, but who also sees the writing on the wall with the transition to talkies. She’s been sharp about her money, and changes course to follow another dream--making it to the top again, this time her way.
In the process, Rooney reveals fascinating details about the making of silent films-- how actors and directors…
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