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Title Statement | Can't we be friends: a novel of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe / Denny S. Bryce and Eliza Knight. |
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Author | Bryce, Denny S |
Additional Contributors | Knight, Eliza |
Publication | New York: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,[2024]©2024 |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | 374 pages ; |
ISBN | 9780063282902 (trade paperback) |
Other Number | pr07310401 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary | "One woman was recognized as the premiere singer of her era with perfect pitch and tireless ambition. One woman was the most glamorous star in Hollywood, a sex symbol who took the world by storm. And their friendship was fast and firm ... 1952: Ella Fitzgerald is a renowned jazz singer whose only roadblock to longevity is society's attitude toward women and race. Marilyn Monroe's star is rising despite ongoing battles with movie studio bigwigs and boyfriends. When she needs help with her singing, she wants only the best--and the best is the brilliant Ella Fitzgerald. But Ella isn't a singing teacher and declines--then the two women meet, and to everyone's surprise but their own, they become fast friends. On the surface, what could they have in common? Yet each was underestimated by the men in their lives--husbands, managers, hangers-on. And both were determined to gain. Each fought for professional independence and personal agency in a time when women were expected to surrender control to those same men. This novel reveals and celebrates their surprising bond over a decade and serves as a poignant reminder of how true friendship can cross differences to bolster and sustain us through haunting heartbreak and wild success"-- |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Female friendship--Fiction |
Motion picture actors and actresses--Fiction--United States | |
Women jazz singers--Fiction--United States | |
By Name | Fitzgerald, Ella |
Monroe, Marilyn,1926-1962 | |
By Genre | Historical fiction |
Biographical fiction | |
Novels |