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Apr 16, 2019 · The Great Pretenders by Laura Kalpakian is a 2019 Berkley publication. As the heir to Empire Pictures, Roxanne only need play by the rules and her life of privilege and glamour would go on as usual. But, when her grandfather demands she accept the young Hollywood starl
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The Great Pretenders. Hollywood, 1953: From the beach at Malibu to leafy Laurel Canyon, from the soundstages of Empire Pictures to jazz clubs on Central Avenue, Roxanne Granville’s sunlit world is shadowed by secrets. Roxanne, granddaughter of Julia and Leon Greene, founder of Empire Pictures, romped through a charmed, wealthy childhood until ...
Apr 16, 2019 · The Great Pretenders. Paperback – April 16, 2019. by Laura Kalpakian (Author) 4.5 92 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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 ...
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About The Great Pretenders. 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 ...
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Apr 16, 2019 · The Great Pretenders. Laura Kalpakian. Penguin, Apr 16, 2019 - Fiction - 400 pages. 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.….
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Apr 16, 2019 · The Great Pretenders Laura Kalpakian Discussion Questions 1. Uncontested assumptions about women’s roles—sexism—constrict Roxanne’s possibilities. So pervasive are these in the 1950s that she scarcely recognizes their effect. (“Isn’t that what women have always been?” Jonathan quips. “Bartered, baffled, and dim—but kissable.”)
The Great Pretenders is a riveting, emotional novel that resonates in today's world, and reminds us that some things are worth fighting for. ... Laura Kalpakian ...
