From Dust to Stardust -- Kathleen Rooney, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk comes a novel about Hollywood, the cost of stardom, and selfless second acts, inspired by an extraordinary true story.

Chicago, 1916. Doreen O'Dare is fourteen years old when she hops a Hollywood-bound train with her beloved Irish grandmother. Within a decade, her trademark bob and insouciant charm make her the preeminent movie flapper of the Jazz Age. But her success story masks one of relentless ambition, tragedy, and the secrets of a dangerous marriage.

Her professional life in flux, Doreen trades one dream for another. She pours her wealth and creative energy into a singular achievement: the construction of a one-ton miniature Fairy Castle, the likes of which the world has never seen. So begins Doreen's public tour to lift the nation's spirits during the Great Depression--and a personal journey worth remembering.

A sweeping journey from the dawn of the motion picture era through turbulent twentieth-century America, From Dust to Stardust is a breathtaking novel about one determined woman navigating change, challenging the price of fame, and sharing the gift of real magic.

Author: Kathleen Rooney
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Published: 09/05/2023
Pages: 285
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.72h x 5.88w x 1.01d
ISBN: 9781662510588

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2023 pg. 33
Publishers Weekly 09/04/2023