The queen of Tuesday : a novel / Darin Strauss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strauss, Darin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989--Fiction.

Ball, Lucille.

Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989.

Celebrities--Fiction.

Celebrities.

Television actors and actresses--Fiction.

Television actors and actresses.

Businesswomen--Fiction.

Businesswomen.

Interracial marriage--Fiction.

Interracial marriage.

Adultery--Fiction.

Adultery.

Genre:

Fiction.

Biographical fiction.

Historical fiction.

Romance fiction.

Physical Description:

318 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Random House, [2020]

Summary:

"This indelible romance begins with a daring conceit--that the author's grandfather may have had an affair with Lucille Ball. Strauss offers a fresh view of a celebrity America loved more than any other. Lucille Ball--the most powerful woman in the history of Hollywood--starred in America's first big-time interracial marriage. She owned more movie sets than did any movie studio. And she more or less single-handedly created the modern TV business. And yet Lucille's off-camera life was in disarray. While acting out a happy marriage for millions, in private she suffered. Her partner couldn't stay faithful. She struggled to manage her fame with the demands of being a mother, a creative genius, an entrepreneur, and, most of all, a symbol. The Queen of Tuesday--Strauss's follow-up to the NBCC-winning Half a Life--mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew"-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Strauss, Darin. Queen of tuesday.

ISBN:

9780812992762

0812992768

OCLC:

1145322587