Stars Over Sunset Boulevard by Susan Meissner
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I really loved this book. I love the way it wove between 1938, when they were making the movie Gone With The Wind, and today. I loved the unlikely friendship between Audrey and Violet.
Audrey is a gal with a mission to become a star in Hollywood. She has a bungalow that was left to her by an aunt and is working in the secretary pool at Selzniak Studios waiting to be discovered. Violet heads to Hollywood to get away from sadness and ends up working with, and living with, Audrey. The two become best friends.
The story travels through the making of the film Gone With The Wind and around a hat from the movie that was lost during filming but that Violet had really taken, hidden and sent back to Alabama in a box of clothes. Bert, has been Audrey’s best friend since she’s been in Hollywood and Violet finds herself falling for him. Eventually they get married and Audrey gets into the Hollywood scene as an actress on television.
I loved watching how Violet and Audrey’s friendship changed and grew over the years and I loved the people of this book. Highly recommend. 🙂