Melting the Snow on Hester Street

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Rich. Beautiful. Damned.

Sumptuously evoking the Golden Age of Hollywood, a time when money is built on greed and love can be a trick of the light, Daisy Waughs stunning new novel is a compelling portrait of love, fame, and survival.
October 1929: As America helterskelters through the last days before the great crash the cream of Hollywood parties heedlessly on.

Beneath the sophistication and elegance, Hollywood society couple Max and Eleanor Beecham are on the brink of divorce, their finances teetering on a knifes edge after a series of failed films. As the stock market tumbles it seems they have nowhere to turn but to the arms of their waiting lovers.

Hope is delivered in an invitation to one of the legendary weekend parties at Hearst Castle, where the prohibition champagne will be flowing and the room filled with every Hollywood big-shot around. They cannot resist one last chance of making it.

Scandalous, absurdly glamorous, the Hearst party is the epitome of Golden Era decadence, but for Max and Eleanor the time has come to make a decision that will change their future. Will they sacrifice everything for fame and fortune or plunge into their hidden past and grasp one last chance to love each other again

If you love the decadence of 20s America and can't wait for The Great Gatsby film, here's a brilliant book to tide you over

Reviews

unputdownable DAILY MAIL

"The delicately constructed plot keeps you guessing until the end Waugh creates the early Hollywood world with verve and conviction in this taut, clever and moving novel" TLS

"dazzlingly evoked" Sunday Times

A lubricious new novel period charm and sexual intrigue TATLER

A dizzy tale about greed, love, fame and money. **** HEAT

Gripping, glamorous and poignant, its a cracking tale that will keep you hooked from beginning to end HELLO!

Sunset Boulevard meets Nancy Mitford RED

This reminded me of Liza Klaussmanns Tigers in Red Weather a great companion piece for all the Gatsby fuss around this month An absorbing, glamorous read. Viv Groskop, RED BOOK CLUB

gripping powerful, evocative THE LADY

"Waugh blends fact and fiction in an intoxicating tale of life under the glittering veneer of Tinsel Town" Daily Record

Author Bio

Daisy Waugh was born in 1967. A journalist and travel writer for many publications, Daisy has worked as an Agony Aunt for The Independent and as a restaurant critic. She also wrote a weekly column from Los Angeles about her attempts to become a Hollywood screenwriter. She has presented for Channel Four's Travelogue show and also contributed to Radio Four's You and Yours. Daisy has had two previous novels published to great critical acclaim, What is the matter with Mary Jane and in January 2002, The New You Survival Kit. Her travel book about living in Northern Kenya, A Small Town in Africa, was also very well received. She now lives in West London with her husband and two children.