All the Stars in the Heavens
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Publisher Description
‘This book will give even the greyest of Mondays a sheen of glamour’ Heat
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Los Angeles, 1935. Loretta Young meets Clark Gable on the set of The Call of the Wild. Though he's already married, Gable falls for the stunning and vivacious young actress instantly.
Far from the glittering lights of Hollywood, Sister Alda Ducci has been forced to leave her convent. Becoming Loretta's secretary, the innocent and pious young Alda must navigate the wild terrain of Hollywood with fierce determination and a moral code that derives from her Italian roots. Over the course of decades, Alda and Loretta forge an enduring bond of love and loyalty. But it will be put to the test when they face the greatest obstacle of their lives.
As thrilling and beguiling as Hollywood itself, All the Stars in the Heavens brings together a magnificent cast of characters, real and imagined, in the rich landscape of Hollywood’s Golden Age, where artisans flocked to pursue the ultimate dream: to tell stories on the silver screen.
‘Impossible to put down’ OK!
‘The characters are glamorous yet believable and the plot rattles along at a satisfying pace. Suffice to say, your reviewer sat up until the early hours of the morning to finish it because she couldn't put it down!’ My Weekly
‘Trigiani re-creates the golden age of Hollywood with the same rich, sumptuous detail that distinguished The Shoemaker's Wife. Her ability to breathe life into the luminous cast of characters will captivate readers, then have them scouring Netflix for film classics of the 1930s. A tinsel-trimmed treat’ Library Journal
‘Trigiani spins a tale of star-crossed lovers... A heartwarming tale of women's lives behind the movies’ Kirkus Reviews
‘A thoroughly entertaining tale that brings Hollywood's golden age alive’ People
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Adriana Trigiani’s cinematic novel transports you to the Golden Age of Hollywood. Historical fiction fans will savour period details like wool swimsuits and five-cent movie tickets. But the real magic comes from Trigiani's smart, sympathetic characters, who happen to be the era’s movie stars: Loretta Young, Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy. Caught in overlapping love triangles, these charismatic performers grapple with the fallout of their actions. Like a classic film, All the Stars in the Heavens takes its time, but by chapter 3, the pages turn themselves.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Trigiani's newest fictionalizes Loretta Young's life, both through her eyes and those of an invented personal secretary, whose closeness with the actress ties the narrative threads together. The author's (The Shoemaker's Wife) impeccable research and lush writing style recreates a plausible day-to-day look into the actress's life as a staunch Catholic living and working in Hollywood, beginning in the days of the Hays Code of 1930, which imposed strict moral rules on film content. The focus is on Young's close relationship with her mother and sisters, her affair with Spencer Tracy, her close friendship with David Niven, and most of all, her rumored romance with the married Clark Gable while shooting The Call of the Wild on location, as well as the extraordinary measures she went through to hide the subsequent pregnancy at a time when adultery and a child out of wedlock destroyed careers. Trigiani mines her own Italian roots with the character Alda Ducci, a young woman with her own secrets, who, as Loretta's secretary and friend, navigates the trials of love and fame with her. Eminently readable and richly imagined, Trigiani's latest will thrill her fans and surely collect new ones.
