Platinum Doll: A Novel

A fictionalized portrait of Golden Age–Hollywood's original blonde bombshell, the ambitious star who battled real-life drama as she lit up the screen.

It's the Roaring Twenties and seventeen-year-old Harlean Carpenter McGrew has run off to Beverly Hills. She's chasing a dream—to escape her small, Midwestern life and see her name in lights.

In California, Harlean has everything a girl could want—a rich husband, glamorous parties, socialite friends—except an outlet for her talent. But everyt...