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Melting the Snow on Hester Street
Daisy Waugh
Rich. Beautiful. Damned.Sumptuously evoking the Golden Age of Hollywood, a time when money is built on greed and love can be a trick of the light, Daisy Waugh’s stunning new novel is a compelling portrait of love, fame, and survival.October 1929: As America helterskelters through the last days before the great crash the cream of Hollywood parties heedlessly on.Beneath the sophistication and elegance, Hollywood society couple Max and Eleanor Beecham are on the brink of divorce, their finances teetering on a knife’s edge after a series of failed films. As the stock market tumbles it seems they have nowhere to turn but to the arms of their waiting lovers.Hope is delivered in an invitation to one of the legendary weekend parties at Hearst Castle, where the prohibition champagne will be flowing and the room filled with every Hollywood big-shot around. They cannot resist one last chance of making it.Scandalous, absurdly glamorous, the Hearst party is the epitome of Golden Era decadence, but for Max and Eleanor the time has come to make a decision that will change their future. Will they sacrifice everything for fame and fortune or plunge into their hidden past and grasp one last chance to love each other again?If you love the decadence of 20s America and can't wait for The Great Gatsby film, here's a brilliant book to tide you over…
DAISY WAUGH
Melting the Snow on Hester Street
Copyright
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Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2013
Copyright © Daisy Waugh 2012
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Source ISBN: 9780007431748
Ebook Edition © March 2013 ISBN: 9780007487608
Version: 2014-12-17
Dedication
Darling Bashie,
movie star in the making (maybe)
This book is for you
Contents
Cover (#u34020bca-4eb5-5f4d-8d68-aa318fdae1a6)
Title Page (#uab5d02ac-af97-5191-a64a-b50c30de3e29)
Copyright (#u3721e184-3491-57c5-acd8-a1b19bbc723a)
Dedication (#u928e1ba0-851d-5971-9b08-17946679759c)
Max & Eleanor Beecham’s October Supper Party (#ue72da39c-249c-5fb4-8b87-aceba34a6f65)
Chapter 1 (#ueb1f9c2f-812a-55ad-8a62-1e6134a3a9ae)
Chapter 2 (#uaf475ad7-fa93-58d9-a64b-56c91f184fb7)
Chapter 3 (#ud70330fb-11c0-514d-8da5-706ee5bcadd1)
Chapter 4 (#u6d6361f5-56e5-500a-adbc-8f31c9375d8f)
Chapter 5 (#ue5f6dfdf-e323-512c-b5ad-3f7fb183beb7)
Chapter 6 (#u508431e6-ce7f-5351-8a57-f0e5aee18d61)
Chapter 7 (#ua9aab595-d890-5ed0-b88e-75ed6d22e703)
Chapter 8 (#u56627cd1-29ab-5167-8d7c-f96f0924f204)
Chapter 9 (#uff2f87e7-e120-5434-a320-747b5392d842)
Chapter 10 (#u15539c1d-8eda-5605-964d-f3b874d0620b)
Chapter 11 (#u5b989410-aa34-58f8-bbb3-feb77d624589)
The Nickelodeon on Hester Street (#u310d36fb-b8b5-5092-9803-7894ec0440fe)
Chapter 12 (#u395f7611-99fd-53fd-8225-70abb20670c7)
Chapter 13 (#uf6ede242-ae39-5027-b242-43ec95d13d5f)
Chapter 14 (#u794bb18a-6f65-5991-846c-cc9d1601f9e6)
Chapter 15 (#ub706d608-da60-5a5d-b2af-ebef9d1cdba2)
Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)
Divorce Capital (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 25 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 26 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 27 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 28 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 29 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 30 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 31 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 32 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 33 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 34 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 35 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 36 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 37 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 38 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 39 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 40 (#litres_trial_promo)
Floor Eight (#litres_trial_promo)
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Chapter 42 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 43 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 44 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 45 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 46 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 47 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 48 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 49 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 50 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 51 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 52 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 53 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 54 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 55 (#litres_trial_promo)
Sun on San Simeon Bay (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 56 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 57 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 58 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 59 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 60 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 61 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 62 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 63 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 64 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 65 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 66 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 67 (#litres_trial_promo)
