An electrifying novel about the complicated friendship between two ambitious and talented female writers in 1960s Los Angeles and the ultimate artistic betrayal: one writes a book based on the other's life… from the author of Reese's Book Club Pick Before We Were Innocent.
After a steady descent from literary stardom, Lane Warren is back. She's secured a new book deal based off the life of her sometimes friend and more often rival, notorious free spirit and muse, Gala Margolis. Lane's only problem is that Gala has been missing for months…nobody can find her.
Ten years earlier, Gala was a charming socialite and Lane was a Hollywood outsider amidst the glittering 1960's LA party scene. Though never best friends, Lane found Gala sharp and compelling. Gala liked that Lane took her seriously. They were both writers. They were drawn to each other.
That is until Gala's star began to rise, and Lane grew more envious. Then Lane decided to do something that she wouldn't ever be able to take back…changing the trajectory of both their lives.
Reviews
"Berman evokes Eve Babitz, Joan Didion, and the glamour of the 1960s California literary scene in this exciting tale of a friendship and its dissolution....Readers will surely fall for these two ladies of the canyon."
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"The interpersonal drama and vivid depictions of the era's social scene make for compelling reading…Berman's razor-sharp exploration of women's friendships and rivalries is likely to resonate with fans of Anna Quindlen, Elizabeth Berg, and Jodi Picoult."
—Library Journal
"Ella Berman's writing is transportive, hypnotic, and addictive. I fell wholeheartedly in love with the intensity of these L.A. Women and the way Berman unabashedly explores the deep, glimmering, and turbulent waters of artistic ambition amid the alluring backdrop of 1960's Los Angeles. This novel reads like a spell, a California fever dream, and a risk taking excavation of the moments that most define us. L.A. Women is phenomenal." —Chelsea Bieker, author of Madwoman
"An unflinching exploration into the emotional depths of artists, LA Women is as soulful and scintillating as Laurel Canyon itself." —Rachel Koller Croft, USA Today bestselling author of Stone Cold Fox
"An electrifying story of fame, ambition, creativity and friendship, threaded through with a mystery that compels you to keep reading, L.A. Women is an utterly all-consuming novel." —Katie Bishop, author of The Girls of SummerAbout The Sweepstakes
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