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"In 1937 Hollywood, gossip columnist Sheilah Graham's star is on the rise, while literary wonder boy F. Scott Fitzgerald's career is slowly drowning in booze. But the once-famous author, desperate to make money penning scripts for the silver screen, is charismatic enough to attract the gorgeous Miss Graham, a woman who exposes the secrets of others while carefully guarding her own. Like Fitzgerald's hero Jay Gatsby, Graham has meticulously constructed a life far removed from the poverty of her childhood in London's slums. And like Gatsby, the onetime guttersnipe learned early how to use her charms to become a hardworking success; she is feted and feared by both the movie studios and their luminaries. A notorious drunk famously married to the doomed Zelda, Fitzgerald fell hard for his ""Shielah"" (he never learned to spell her name), a shrewd yet softhearted woman--both a fool for love and nobody's fool--who would stay with him and help revive his career until his tragic death three years later. Working from Sheilah's memoirs, interviews, and letters, Sally Koslow revisits their scandalous love affair and Graham's dramatic transformation in London, bringing Graham and Fitzgerald gloriously to life with the color, glitter, magic, and passion of 1930s Hollywood."

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Koslow draws on primary sources to lend authenticity to this romantic yet disturbingly rough relationship in a novel that will attract high interest with its iconic subjects. -- Booklist In Another Side of Paradise, Sally Koslow gives us an intimate portrait of a tumultuous love affair that defies tragedy. You will not want to put it down. -- David Gillham, New York Times bestselling author You'll be surprised by the nuance and new details that Another Side of Paradise brings to light. -- Meryl Gordon, New York Times bestselling author The story of Sheilah and Scott's instant chemistry and their on-again, off-again, but always intense liaison is told with taste and sympathy for these deeply flawed characters...Koslow's writing is vibrant and colorful. -- Kirkus Reviews Isn't a beautifully written page-turner the ideal read? Well, here it is. I am full of admiration and gratitude for this wonderful novel. Brava, Sally Koslow. I didn't want your fascinating and tender book to end. -- Elinor Lipman, New York Times bestselling author

In Another Side of Paradise, Sally Koslow gives us an intimate portrait of a tumultuous love affair that defies tragedy. You will not want to put it down. -- David Gillham, New York Times bestselling author Isn't a beautifully written page-turner the ideal read? Well, here it is. I am full of admiration and gratitude for this wonderful novel. Brava, Sally Koslow. I didn't want your fascinating and tender book to end. -- Elinor Lipman, New York Times bestselling author Koslow draws on primary sources to lend authenticity to this romantic yet disturbingly rough relationship in a novel that will attract high interest with its iconic subjects. -- Booklist The story of Sheilah and Scott's instant chemistry and their on-again, off-again, but always intense liaison is told with taste and sympathy for these deeply flawed characters...Koslow's writing is vibrant and colorful. -- Kirkus Reviews You'll be surprised by the nuance and new details that Another Side of Paradise brings to light. -- Meryl Gordon, New York Times bestselling author

The story of Sheilah and Scott's instant chemistry and their on-again, off-again, but always intense liaison is told with taste and sympathy for these deeply flawed characters...Koslow's writing is vibrant and colorful. -- Kirkus Reviews Koslow draws on primary sources to lend authenticity to this romantic yet disturbingly rough relationship in a novel that will attract high interest with its iconic subjects. -- Booklist Isn't a beautifully written page-turner the ideal read? Well, here it is. I am full of admiration and gratitude for this wonderful novel. Brava, Sally Koslow. I didn't want your fascinating and tender book to end. -- Elinor Lipman, New York Times bestselling author In Another Side of Paradise, Sally Koslow gives us an intimate portrait of a tumultuous love affair that defies tragedy. You will not want to put it down. -- David Gillham, New York Times bestselling author You'll be surprised by the nuance and new details that Another Side of Paradise brings to light. -- Meryl Gordon, New York Times bestselling author

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Sally Koslow is the author of The Widow Waltz; The Late, Lamented Molly Marx; With Friends like These; and the nonfiction work Slouching toward Adulthood. Her debut novel, Little Pink Slips, was inspired by her long career as the editor-in-chief of the iconic McCall's magazine. Her books have been published in a dozen countries.

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