{"product_id":"the-queen-of-tuesday-a-lucille-ball-story-paperback","title":"The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarin Strauss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucille Ball, Hollywood's first true media mogul, stars in this \"bold\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), \"boisterous novel\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) with a thrilling love story at its heart--from the award-winning, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eChang \u0026amp; Eng\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHalf a Life\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - \"A gorgeous, Technicolor take on America in the middle of the twentieth century.\"--Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nickel Boys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucille 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Queen of Tuesday\u003c\/i\u003e--Strauss's follow-up to \u003ci\u003eHalf a Life\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award--mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarin Strauss\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eChang and Eng, The Real McCoy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMore Than It Hurts You\u003c\/i\u003e; the memoir \u003ci\u003eHalf a Life\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award; and a bestselling comic-book series, Olivia Twist. These have been \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Books and\u003ci\u003e Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003e and NPR best books of the year, among other honors. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Library Association award, and numerous additional prizes, Strauss has been translated into fourteen languages and published in nineteen countries. He is the clinical professor of fiction in the graduate writing program at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 25, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767707599136,"sku":"9780812982572","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/31b213ca777cc3057a071179f2bc884a.webp?v=1780315839","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-queen-of-tuesday-a-lucille-ball-story-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}