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The Queen of Tuesday : A Lucille Ball Story by Darin Strauss [Strauss, Darin] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Queen of Tuesday : A Lucille Ball Story about?

"A gorgeous, Technicolor take on America in the middle of the twentieth century."?Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize?winning author of The Nickel Boys From the award-winning, bestselling author of Chang & Eng and Half a Life , a new novel about Lucille Ball, a thrilling love story starring Hollywood's first true media mogul. 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?was part of America's first high-profile interracial marriage. She owned more movie sets than did any movie studio. 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, she suffered in private. Her partner couldn't stay faithful. She struggled to balance 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 Half a Life , winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award?mixes fact and fiction, m

Who reads The Queen of Tuesday : A Lucille Ball Story?

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Darin Strauss [Strauss, Darin]
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published
2020
Language
EN
ISBN
9782020012805
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction
Rating
3.8 / 5 (341 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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