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SUCH MAD FUN IBD

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07 / 2016
9780997482317
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Sinopsis

What determines who a woman will become?áJane Hall was an orphan at fifteen and a &ldquo,literary prodigy&rdquo, according to the press. How did this spirited young girl from an Arizona mining town become a Depression-era debutante, a successful author of magazine fiction, and a screenwriter at Hollywood&rsquo,s most glamorous studio? At Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Jane wrote the story and the script for the &ldquo,best social comedy of 1939,&rdquo,áThese Glamour Girls,áand established a lively camaraderie with F. Scott Fitzgerald, who worked in the office next door to hers. But Jane&rsquo,s ambition conflicted with the expectations of her family, her friends, and the era in which she lived. Drawing on her mother&rsquo,s diaries and scores of letters, historian Robin Cutler takes us on an unforgettable journey through 1930s Manhattan and Hollywood as Jane wrestles witháwho she was meant to be.áSuch Mad Funáis a coming-of-age story set in a decade that has surprising parallels with American life today. áFor much more:á www.robinrcutler.com. á

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