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Dec 29, 2019brangwinn rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Interesting historical fiction takes the reader to place the reader may not have explored. In this case, two USO entertainers strike up a friendship while in Naples after World War II. Returning to the US, Maxine roars off to Hollywood to fine fame, while Hazel remains in New York living in the Chelsea Hotel, a haven for the creative. Mix together Hazel’s play which is expected to open to good reviews, the Communist hunters of Senator McCarthy and his House of Unamerican Affairs committee, and the threat those in acting careers faced from this, Russian spies who show up in unexpected friends, and the story line is set for a look at the theater in the 1950’s. Although the characters at times seem a little shallow, the book is still worth reading.