January Book Club Skype Discussion with Juliette Fay
OUR BOOK CLUB PICK FOR January 2020| "A City of Flickering Light" by Juliette Fay. On the first Tuesday of every month, The Bookstore Plus hosts a unique Book Club experience where readers have the opportunity to discuss the book club pick with the author via video chat! Tuesday, January 7th, 2020, at 7:00 pm the author, Juliette Fay, will join us via Skype to discuss and answer questions about her book "City of Flickering Light".
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About The Book
Juliette Fay—“one of the best authors of women’s fiction” (Library Journal)—transports us back to the Golden Age of Hollywood and the raucous Roaring Twenties, as three friends struggle to earn their places among the stars of the silent screen—perfect for fans of La La Land and Rules of Civility.
It’s July 1921, “flickers” are all the rage, and Irene Van Beck has just declared her own independence by jumping off a moving train to escape her fate in a traveling burlesque show. When her friends, fellow dancer Millie Martin and comedian Henry Weiss, leap after her, the trio finds their way to the bright lights of Hollywood with hopes of making it big in the burgeoning silent film industry.
At first glance, Hollywood in the 1920s is like no other place on earth—iridescent, scandalous, and utterly exhilarating—and the three friends yearn for a life they could only have dreamed of before. But despite the glamour and seduction of Tinseltown, success doesn’t come easy, and nothing can prepare Irene, Millie, and Henry for the poverty, temptation, and heartbreak that lie ahead. With their ambitions challenged by both the men above them and the prejudice surrounding them, their friendship is the only constant through desperate times, as each struggles to find their true calling in an uncertain world. What begins as a quest for fame and fortune soon becomes a collective search for love, acceptance, and fulfillment as they navigate the backlots and stage sets where the illusions of the silver screen are brought to life.
With her “trademark wit and grace” (Randy Susan Meyers, author of The Murderer’s Daughters), Juliette Fay crafts another radiant and fascinating historical novel as thrilling as the bygone era of Hollywood itself.
NEWS & REVIEWS
“Fay paints a vivid picture of newborn Hollywood in this big hearted tale of three appealing misfits striving to achieve their dreams.”
—Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of A Well-Behaved Woman and Z
“A fascinating glimpse into Tinseltown’s storied – and sometimes scandalous – past.”
—The Toronto Star
“From glamorous film sets and champagne parties to dream-shattering realities waiting behind the scenes, the bonds of friendship are forged and tested. An entirely addictive, transportive novel … I didn’t want the story to end.”
—Kristina McMorris, New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday and The Edge of Lost
“Fay vividly captures the grit and glamour of 1920s Hollywood…. It’s a dishy but never salacious tale, chock full of details that will delight readers.”
—Publisher’s Weekly
About The Author
Juliette Fay is the award-winning, bestselling author of five novels, including City of Flickering Light, available April 2019, and The Tumbling Turner Sisters, a USA Today bestseller and Costco Pennie’s Book Club Pick. A graduate of Boston College and Harvard University, she lives in Massachusetts. www.juliettefay.com