Saturday, August 20, 2022

Five of the best novels about fame

Taylor Jenkins Reid is the author of the New York Times bestselling novels Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones and the Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, as well as One True Loves, Maybe in Another Life, After I Do, and Forever, Interrupted. Daisy Jones and the Six is currently being adapted by Hello Sunshine into a limited series for Amazon. She lives in Los Angeles.

[The Page 69 Test: Forever, Interrupted; Writers Read: Taylor Jenkins Reid (June 2014)].

Reid's new novel is Carrie Soto Is Back.

At the Waterstones blog she tagged five favorite novels that deal with the glamorous drama of fame and notoriety, including:
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

True Story: I once stayed up until 4 in the morning to finish this beautifully told story of a woman named Alice Lindgren who is but also is not based on Former First Lady Laura Bush. We follow the story of Alice growing up, falling in love, and ultimately, having to hide and deny parts of her history and who she is in order to fit the public's expectations. It's a really special book — as is Sittenfeld's latest, Rodham, which is an alternative take on the life of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Read about the other entries on the list.

American Wife is among Sif Sigmarsdóttir's ten top novels about burning issues for young adults and Jenny Eclair's six best books.

--Marshal Zeringue