{"product_id":"queen-of-tuesday-book-darin-strauss-9780812992762","title":"The Queen of Tuesday","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gorgeous, Technicolor take on America in the middle of the twentieth century.--Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nickel Boys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the award-winning, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eChang \u0026amp; Eng\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHalf a Life\u003c\/i\u003e, a new novel about Lucille Ball, a thrilling love story starring Hollywood's first true media mogul.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST\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":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49537797652753,"sku":"GOR011521841","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49898771841297,"sku":"CIN0812992768G","price":4.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50174999200017,"sku":"CIN0812992768VG","price":4.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812992768.jpg?v=1751429277","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/queen-of-tuesday-book-darin-strauss-9780812992762","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}