Ergebnis für "Not Your Darling" in Belletristik

Das Hollywood der 50er-Jahre hat Geheimnisse – genau wie Loretta Darling! Im Roman Not your Darling von Katherine Blake trifft ein atmosphärisches Setting mit Retro-Charme auf eine moderne, feministische Heldin. Übersprudelnd vor Tatendrang trifft die 20-jährige Loretta 1950 in Los Angeles ein. Sie hat gelernt, dass sie für ihr eigenes Glück sorgen muss. Und sie ist fest entschlossen, ihren Traum wahr werden zu lassen: als Visagistin in Hollywood zu arbeiten.

For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah, and Alicia have been told how lucky they are. As young girls they were rescued from family tragedies and raised by a loving foster mother, Miss Fairchild, on an idyllic farming estate and given an elusive second chance at a happy family life. But their childhood wasn’t the fairy tale everyone thinks it was. Miss Fairchild had rules. Miss Fairchild could be unpredictable. And Miss Fairchild was never, ever to be crossed. In a moment of desperation, the three broke away from Miss Fairchild and thought they were free.

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