{"product_id":"queen-of-tuesday-a-lucille-ball-story","title":"Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucille Ball, Hollywood's first true media mogul, stars in this \"bold\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), \"boisterous novel\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) with a thrilling love story at its heart--from the award-winning, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eChang \u0026amp; Eng\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHalf a Life\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - \"A gorgeous, Technicolor take on America in the middle of the twentieth century.\"--Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nickel Boys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis indelible romance begins with a daring conceit--that the author's grandfather may have had an affair with Lucille Ball. Strauss offers a fresh view of a celebrity America loved more than any other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucille Ball--the most powerful woman in the history of Hollywood--was part of America's first high-profile interracial marriage. She owned more movie sets than did any movie studio. She more or less single-handedly created the modern TV business. And yet Lucille's off-camera life was in disarray. While acting out a happy marriage for millions, she suffered in private. Her partner couldn't stay faithful. She struggled to balance her fame with the demands of being a mother, a creative genius, an entrepreneur, and, most of all, a symbol. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Queen of Tuesday\u003c\/i\u003e--Strauss's follow-up to \u003ci\u003eHalf a Life\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award--mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew.","brand":"Darin Strauss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42669215482083,"sku":"9780812982572","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0356\/3906\/6759\/products\/9780812982572-us.jpg?v=1648490888","url":"https:\/\/littleprofessorbookshop.com\/products\/queen-of-tuesday-a-lucille-ball-story","provider":"Little Professor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}