{"product_id":"an-overnight-sensation-robert-westbrook-9781645401285","title":"An Overnight Sensation","description":"TORCH SINGER is an epic drama of Hollywood in its Golden Age: the rise and fall of Sonya Saint-Amant, a singer who schemes her way to fame and riches, breaking all the rules. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A brilliant, engaging and wholly unpredictable story of courage, survival and self-reinvention . . . I was completely taken by it . . .Interesting, complicated and wholly engaging characters. [Westbrook] is obviously a born storyteller and a bit of a magician.\"-Ally Sheedy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn Overnight Sensation, Book One, starts in 1956 with a scandalous love nest murder, then rewinds to Sonya at the age of 17 in 1940, a dreamy girl in the Royal Box of the Krakow Opera. When Sonya's mother is hanged by the Nazis, she must grow up quickly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing her wits and beauty, Sonya escapes Poland with the help of partisan fighters and makes her way to London during the Blitz. In 1943, she finagles a passage to America on the Mauretania, a dangerous North Atlantic crossing on a troop ship full of men. As the ship steams north into Arctic waters evading enemy submarines, Sonya almost wins at a high-stakes game of love . . . only to arrive in New York alone and desperate, determined to outwit fortune and become a star. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn Overnight Sensation is a tale of murder, blackmail, fortune-hunters, dreamers, and the price paid for living large. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Westbrook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1645401286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645401285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Volumes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.02d","brand":"Robert Westbrook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897055437055,"sku":"9781645401285","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2cd40a3f-93c3-4627-a788-7987b4bcbf69.jpg?v=1721373045","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-overnight-sensation-robert-westbrook-9781645401285","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}