The Brat - Tapa blanda

Rouff, Ruth

 
9780595281473: The Brat
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ISBN 10: 0595281478 ISBN 13: 9780595281473
Editorial: iUniverse, 2004

Sinopsis

It's not easy being a child star in Hollywood, especially when you're beginning to suspect that you're gay. The Brat is set in the glittering golden age of Hollywood-the 1930s and early 1940s-and chronicles the life and times of two child actresses, who just happen to be best friends.Helen Payne is cool, reserved, and decidedly hetero. Her best pal is the spunky, outspoken, "tomboyish" moppet Millie Macon, who reigns for a time as America's most beloved child star.Both girls struggle to make sense of a world that seems intent on exploiting their talents for enormous profit, while ignoring their emotional well-being. Yet together the girls maintain a friendship, which serves to protect them from the slings and arrows of outrageous movie fortune.If you're fascinated by Hollywood, you will love The Brat.

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Reseña del editor

It's not easy being a child star in Hollywood, especially when you're beginning to suspect that you're gay. The Brat is set in the glittering golden age of Hollywood--the 1930s and early 1940s--and chronicles the life and times of two child actresses, who just happen to be best friends.

Helen Payne is cool, reserved, and decidedly hetero. Her best pal is the spunky, outspoken, "tomboyish" moppet Millie Macon, who reigns for a time as America's most beloved child star.

Both girls struggle to make sense of a world that seems intent on exploiting their talents for enormous profit, while ignoring their emotional well-being. Yet together the girls maintain a friendship, which serves to protect them from the slings and arrows of outrageous movie fortune.

If you're fascinated by Hollywood, you will love The Brat.

Biografía del autor

Ruth Rouff researched much of The Brat at the Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in Los Angeles. She was raised in southern New Jersey, and attended Vassar College on scholarship, majoring in English. She currently works as a teacher in the Philadelphia public schools.

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Editorial
iUniverse
Año de publicación
2004
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0595281478
ISBN 13 
9780595281473
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
250
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