The Great Pretenders (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781101990186)

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 agent for hungry young screenwriters. She struggles to be taken seriously by the men who rule Hollywood and who often assume that sexual favors are just a part of doing business. When she sells a script by a blacklisted writer under the name of a willing front man, more exiled writers seek her help. Roxanne wades into a world murky with duplicity and deception, and she can't afford any more risks.

Then she meets Terrence Dexter, a compelling African American journalist unlike anyone she's ever known. Roxanne again breaks the rules, and is quickly swept up in a passionate relationship with very real dangers that could destroy everything she's carefully built.

Roxanne Granville is a woman who bravely defies convention. She won't let men make all the rules, and won't let skin color determine whom she can love. The Great Pretenders is a riveting, emotional novel that resonates in today's world, and reminds us that some things are worth fighting for.

Author: Laura Kalpakian
ISBN-10: 110199018X
ISBN-13: 9781101990186
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2019
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/28/2019
Booklist 03/15/2019 pg. 49
Library Journal 04/01/2019 pg. 80