The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly by Katherine A Sherbrooke
When a runway model in 1940s Hollywood makes a split-second decisionintendedto protect those she loves, she triggers a cascade of secrets that threatens to upend her daughters life decades later.
“Fall for the glamour but stay for the secretsWith her ability to craft inspiring American figures with timeless issues, Sherbrooke immerses readers. The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly highlights how the power of hidden love, in all aspects, can shape the trajectory of so many lives.” -- Amy Shane, Independent Voice
“This is a story about the long tendrils of the past, and a look at all the shapes that love can take—soul mates, friends, mothers and daughters, and an artist’s passion for creating. What a ride!” -- Gin Phillips, author of Fierce Kingdom and Family Law
"With a setting that ranges from late-‘40s Hollywood, its glamour, machinations, and dark secrets, to a gritty mid-‘70s New York City full of Broadway hopefuls, The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly is an immersive, tender story about the long journey back to our true selves, and to finding real love. In creating Aster Kelly, Katherine Sherbrooke has given us a singular and unforgettable character." -- Sarah McCraw Crow, author of The Wrong Kind of Woman
"Sherbrooke writes both the fashion and entertainment worlds with such authority, it’s hard to decide whether to applaud this book more for its deft use of setting or for the plot twists that had me gobbling up pages in record time...THE HIDDEN LIFE OF ASTER KELLY also delivers when it comes to the characters of Aster and Lissy, a mother and daughter entangled in a web of lies stemming only from the best of intentions. Immersive setting, original story, and true emotion, this book is a triple threat." -- Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg, Author of Eden and The Nine
"Elegantly told and heart-wrenching, The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly delights from first page to last. Come for the Old Hollywood glamour; stay for the love letter to Broadway; leave with characters so real you’ll forget they live in the pages of a book. One thing is certain—Katherine Sherbrooke sure knows how to tell a story." -- Lisa Duffy, author of My Kind of People
"Katherine Sherbrooke’s The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly takes us from the haute couture runways of 1940s Hollywood and its galaxy of stars, to the quaint island of Martha’s Vineyard, to the Broadway footlights of New York City in the 1970s. Richly detailed and sumptuously costumed, readers will love the behind the scenes look at the struggles and triumphs, lives and loves of entertainers on both coasts in two different eras." * Juliette Faye, USA Today bestselling author of Shelter Me and City of Flickering Light *
"Infinitely readable, atmospheric and emotionally charged, The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly follows Aster, an ambitious young woman in old Hollywood who is following a dream she can't quite catch. But it's her journey to find enduring love that makes the pages fly. From the glamorous runways of Hollywood to the glittery shores of a summer island, Aster Kelly won’t disappoint with its ability to surprise and delight the reader with its twists and turns. Book club fiction at its best.” -- Brooke Lea Foster, author of On Gin Lane
"Drama and secrets saturate Hollywood—on and off the screen. In The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly, Sherbrooke deftly weaves an intimate look at forbidden love, heartbreak, and life-changing secrets, into a journey through decades of braided worlds of fashion and entertainment from New York to California." -- Randy Susan Meyers, Bestselling author, Waisted
"A staunch activist in the fight for women’s rights who got her start among New England’s abolitionists, [Lucy Stone] has been overshadowed in the historical record by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony…Katherine A. Sherbrooke’s Leaving Coy’s Hillaims to revive interest in Stone by dramatizing her dogged attempts to support herself and her causes on the lecture circuit — and her equally dogged attempts to reconcile her professional career with motherhood and a “marriage of equals." * New York Times Book Review; Summer Reading 2021 *
“This is a story about the long tendrils of the past, and a look at all the shapes that love can take—soul mates, friends, mothers and daughters, and an artist’s passion for creating. What a ride!” -- Gin Phillips, author of Fierce Kingdom and Family Law
"With a setting that ranges from late-‘40s Hollywood, its glamour, machinations, and dark secrets, to a gritty mid-‘70s New York City full of Broadway hopefuls, The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly is an immersive, tender story about the long journey back to our true selves, and to finding real love. In creating Aster Kelly, Katherine Sherbrooke has given us a singular and unforgettable character." -- Sarah McCraw Crow, author of The Wrong Kind of Woman
"Sherbrooke writes both the fashion and entertainment worlds with such authority, it’s hard to decide whether to applaud this book more for its deft use of setting or for the plot twists that had me gobbling up pages in record time...THE HIDDEN LIFE OF ASTER KELLY also delivers when it comes to the characters of Aster and Lissy, a mother and daughter entangled in a web of lies stemming only from the best of intentions. Immersive setting, original story, and true emotion, this book is a triple threat." -- Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg, Author of Eden and The Nine
"Elegantly told and heart-wrenching, The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly delights from first page to last. Come for the Old Hollywood glamour; stay for the love letter to Broadway; leave with characters so real you’ll forget they live in the pages of a book. One thing is certain—Katherine Sherbrooke sure knows how to tell a story." -- Lisa Duffy, author of My Kind of People
"Katherine Sherbrooke’s The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly takes us from the haute couture runways of 1940s Hollywood and its galaxy of stars, to the quaint island of Martha’s Vineyard, to the Broadway footlights of New York City in the 1970s. Richly detailed and sumptuously costumed, readers will love the behind the scenes look at the struggles and triumphs, lives and loves of entertainers on both coasts in two different eras." * Juliette Faye, USA Today bestselling author of Shelter Me and City of Flickering Light *
"Infinitely readable, atmospheric and emotionally charged, The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly follows Aster, an ambitious young woman in old Hollywood who is following a dream she can't quite catch. But it's her journey to find enduring love that makes the pages fly. From the glamorous runways of Hollywood to the glittery shores of a summer island, Aster Kelly won’t disappoint with its ability to surprise and delight the reader with its twists and turns. Book club fiction at its best.” -- Brooke Lea Foster, author of On Gin Lane
"Drama and secrets saturate Hollywood—on and off the screen. In The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly, Sherbrooke deftly weaves an intimate look at forbidden love, heartbreak, and life-changing secrets, into a journey through decades of braided worlds of fashion and entertainment from New York to California." -- Randy Susan Meyers, Bestselling author, Waisted
"A staunch activist in the fight for women’s rights who got her start among New England’s abolitionists, [Lucy Stone] has been overshadowed in the historical record by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony…Katherine A. Sherbrooke’s Leaving Coy’s Hillaims to revive interest in Stone by dramatizing her dogged attempts to support herself and her causes on the lecture circuit — and her equally dogged attempts to reconcile her professional career with motherhood and a “marriage of equals." * New York Times Book Review; Summer Reading 2021 *
Katherine A. Sherbrooke is the author of a family memoir and three novels: the New York Times notable Leaving Coy’s Hill, which was selected for 2022 MA Book Award’s Honors in Fiction prize, Fill the Sky, the winner of a 2017 Independent Press Award and finalist for the Mary Sarton Award for Contemporary Fiction, and The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly, published in April, 2023 by Pegasus Books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781639363537 |
| ISBN 10 | 163936353X |
| Title | The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly |
| Author | Katherine A Sherbrooke |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pegasus Books |
| Year published | 2023-06-08 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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