From dust to stardust - kathleen rooney

From the bestselling author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk comes a novel about Hollywood, the cost of stardom, and selfless second acts, inspired by an extraordinary true story.

Chicago, 1916.

Doreen ODare is fourteen years old when she hops a Hollywood-bound train with her beloved Irish grandmother.

Within a decade, her trademark bob and insouciant charm make her the preeminent movie flapper of the Jazz Age.

But her success story masks one of relentless ambition, tragedy, and the secrets of a dangerous marriage.

Her professional life in flux, Doreen trades one dream for another.

She pours her wealth and creative energy into a singular achievement: the construction of a one-ton miniature Fairy Castle, the likes of which the world has never seen.

So begins Doreens public tour to lift the nations spirits during the Great Depression--and a personal journey worth remembering.

A sweeping journey from the dawn of the motion picture era through turbulent twentieth-century America, From Dust to Stardust is a breathtaking novel about one determined woman navigating change, challenging the price of fame, and sharing the gift of real magic.