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USA Today bestselling author Jillian Cantor reimagines and expands on the literary classic The Great Gatsby in this atmospheric historical novel with echoes of Big Little Lies, told in three women’s alternating voices.
On a sultry August day in 1922, Jay Gatsby is shot dead in his West Egg swimming pool. To the police, it appears to be an open-and-shut case of murder/suicide when the body of George Wilson, a local mechanic, is found in the woods nearby.
Then a diamond hairpin is discovered in the bushes by the pool, and three women fall under suspicion. Each holds a key that can unlock the truth to the mysterious life and death of this enigmatic millionaire.
Daisy Buchanan once thought she might marry Gatsby—before her family was torn apart by an unspeakable tragedy that sent her into the arms of the philandering Tom Buchanan.
Jordan Baker, Daisy’s best friend, guards a secret that derailed her promising golf career and threatens to ruin her friendship with Daisy as well.
Catherine McCoy, a suffragette, fights for women’s freedom and independence, and especially for her sister, Myrtle Wilson, who’s trapped in a terrible marriage.
Their stories unfold in the years leading up to that fateful summer of 1922, when all three of their lives are on the brink of unraveling. Each woman is pulled deeper into Jay Gatsby’s romantic obsession, with devastating consequences for all of them.
Jillian Cantor revisits the glittering Jazz Age world of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, retelling this timeless American classic from the women’s perspective. Beautiful Little Fools is a quintessential tale of money and power, marriage and friendship, love and desire, and ultimately the murder of a man tormented by the past and driven by a destructive longing that can never be fulfilled.
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Los Angeles, present day. When an iconic hat worn by Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind ends up in Christine McAllister's vintage clothing boutique by mistake, her efforts to return it to its owner take her on a journey more enchanting than any classic movie.... Los Angeles, 1938. Violet Mayfield sets out to reinvent herself in Hollywood after her dream of becoming a wife and mother falls apart, and she lands a job on the film set of Gone with the Wind.
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Pass on this
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Texas Rich
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Young Billie Ames naively fell for the exciting pilot Moss Coleman at the Philadelphia Navy Yard during World War II. Within a few months, she was pregnant, married, and traveling across the country to Austin...to the 250,000-acre spread known as Sunbridge and into the tantalizing world of the Texas rich. In a vast land dominated by the industrious Colemans, Billie fights to maintain control of her life and her marriage.
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Awful Southern Accent
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Midnight at the Electric
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2065: Adri has been handpicked to live on Mars. But weeks before launch, she discovers the journal of a girl who lived in her house more than a hundred years ago and is immediately drawn into the mystery surrounding her fate. 1934: Amid the fear and uncertainty of the Dust Bowl, Catherine’s family’s situation is growing dire. She must find the courage to sacrifice everything she loves in order to save the one person she loves most.
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Award-winning poet Marisa de los Santos crafts an irresistibly touching debut novel. Love Walked In is a contemporary tale, steeped in nostalgic, cinematic charm, of love in all its forms. Unapologetically idealistic about love, Cornelia Brown appears to catch the break of a lifetime when the dashing Martin Grace, her own personal Cary Grant, comes strolling into her life. But it is Martin's connection to 11-year-old Clare Hobbes that touches Cornelia's heart in ways she never imagined.
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Grand Central
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On any particular day, thousands upon thousands of people pass through New York City's Grand Central Terminal, through the whispering gallery, beneath the ceiling of stars, and past the information booth and its beckoning four-faced clock, to whatever destination is calling them. It is a place where people come to say hello and good-bye. And each person has a story to tell.
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Grand Central: Memories
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Dr. Olivia Simon is on duty in the emergency room of North Carolina's Outer Banks Hospital when a gunshot victim is brought in. Midway through the desperate effort to save the young woman's life, Olivia realizes who she is - Annie O'Neill, the woman Olivia's husband, Paul, is in love with.
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Fairy-tale romances end with a wedding and the fairy tales don't get complicated. In this book, celebrated writer Mr. Fox can't stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. It's not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently....
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A Great Novel, just Poor for Audio
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Secret Lives
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Actress Eden Riley's decision to make a film about her mother plunges her into a shattering confrontation with her own past, irrevocably altering her life and the lives of those she loves. Her mother, Katherine Swift, was a renowned children's author who died when Eden was very young. Now Eden, recovering from a divorce and disillusioned with her glamorous life, returns to the childhood home of the mother she barely knew. She moves in with her uncle, archaeologist Kyle Swift and his wife, Louise. Eden gets more than she bargained for when Kyle gives her the journal her mother had kept from the age of 13 until her death.
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Dark Family Drama
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On the day her daughter leaves for college, Anne Colwater's husband of 20 years announces he wants a divorce. Her roles of wife and mother suddenly gone, Annie retreats to her childhood home of Mystic, Washington, to heal. There she finds her old friend Nick, suddenly widowed and unable to cope with his emotionally scarred young daughter, Izzie.
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Never been so disappointed
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When a 70-year-old woman finds a five-year-old girl abandoned on her doorstep, she is thrust into a sorrowful past that can only be conquered with the help of the girl who opened her memory - the very girl she is trying to save. This first novel, according to author Jacquelyn Mitchard, is one of "exquisite power, honesty, and conviction...quite nearly without flaws."
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filthy language and violent content
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Anju and Sudha formed an astounding, almost psychic connection during their childhood in India. When Anju invites Sudha, a single mother in Calcutta, to come live with her and her husband, Sunil, in California, Sudha foolishly accepts, knowing full well that Sunil has long desired her. As Sunil's attraction rises to the surface, the trio must struggle to make sense of the freedoms of America - and of the ties that bind them to India and to one another.
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Vine of desire
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The book is amazing! I loved the Great Gatsby, this book answers so many of the questions you have when reading. I can not get over how amazing this book was. It's a mystery and twist, but fits so well!
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Meh
I feel pretty indifferent to this book. There were a few times that I was listening to it that I gasped at what had occurred, but overall, I thought the book was just okay. It may be because I already had an opinion of Gatsby, but I didn't like how he was portrayed in this book. I also could understand the feelings (or lack thereof) Daisy had for Gatsby when they finally met up again, but at the same time, I was hoping for a different outcome for them, despite their narcissistic and materialistic natures. However, I did think the ending was great. Jordan gets a bad rap in Fitzgerald's version, and I like that she redeems herself in Cantor's version.
Honestly, what I loved most about the book was the personal essay from Jillian Cantor explaining her fascination with The Great Gatsby and her idea of giving the women of the story a voice.
They picked the perfect voices to play the parts as well.
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- Erin L. H.
- 08-06-22
Ideas Vs Execution
If you are familiar with but not a repeat reader of The Great Gatsby, then you will probably find this book really compelling. But I have read and studied The Great Gatsby dozens of times, so my review is coming from that background.
This book had good ideas, but the execution was off at times. Many times. Character dialogue felt forced - they had to say each other’s names and especially nicknames too often, for example, so it came across as if the writer were trying too hard to convince readers of relationships - “See, they really are close with each other because they have nicknames for one another and everything! I promise!” Maybe some of my misgivings come down to how I interpret Gatsby (one of my favorite novels, which I’ve read and studied a lot because I I teach it to my students) compared to the author (one of her favorite novels), but I felt there were some liberties in characterization that were taken, lines from the original text that were conveniently left out/ignored, and therefore shifted outcomes and interpretations of character motivations. I think the ideas/outline is solid and could have still worked while remaining truer to what Fitzgerald intended. And what Fitzgerald intended is important here because even though this is an original story, the characters are not. I didn’t buy into how all of the relationships crossed paths - it was too much. And once this novel crossed over into what Fitzgerald had written, I felt that Cantor cherry-picked what was convenient for her plot line (which, admittedly, any writer would most likely do).
But even though there was a lot I didn’t agree with, I did find it interesting enough to finish. I did like some things about Daisy, Catherine, and Jordan’s development that added to but didn’t alter Fitzgerald’s characters. I can’t say the same about the others. So if you, like me, LOVE and KNOW WELL The Great Gatsby and picked this book up because of it, proceed with caution and an open mind. If you are a casual fan, it will be easier to buy into Cantor’s version of events because your not as invested in Fitzgerald’s world.
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- James C. Geier
- 05-17-22
Nice re-telling of a classic
It was clear from the outset that Jillian Cantor has a deep passion for The Great Gatsby. I share that passion, having read or listened to The Great Gatsby more times than I know. In Ms. Cantor's reimagining of the story, we get more of the back story and more strength in the women characters. The Great Gatsby is a literary masterpiece, and Ms. Cantor does not try to outshine or upstage it, rather she gives it a new, updated voice and honors the original well. Listening to Beautiful Little Fools, my passion for The Great Gatsby was deepened. Yet Beautiful Little Fools stands on its own - it includes a little more of the history, complete character development, and a rich, story of complicated relationships centered around Jay Gatsby ending in the same tragic events with just a hint of a secret best kept. I was first drawn to consider Beautiful Little Fools because I so love everything Julie Whelan has written or narrated. Then the writing and the story pulled me in and enveloped me. Beautiful Little fools does honor The Great Gatsby in an original way. I am looking forward to listening again soon.
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- Holly Peño
- 06-10-24
Engaged from start to finish
I thoroughly enjoyed the authors take while she stuck to the important parts of the original book. I liked that I didn’t like the characters(especially Tom & Gatsby) but still found myself curious what was going to happen next. The ending felt natural and I’m pretty sure I’m going to go back for a second listen. Oh yeah! The narration was perfection itself!
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- Peter W. Kalnin
- 01-09-24
Making It New
A literary retelling of The Great Gatsby from a woman's point of view... making it new.
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- Almenm625
- 04-16-24
Interesting idea boring story
It was just boring. It was cool I take from The Great Gatsby, but the story is boring.
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- Robin
- 05-04-22
All the Stars from Me
This one gets all the stars from me. Well written and reimagined, strong points of view (a challenge in writing) from the female roles, and extremely well narrated. It drew me in and made me care about the women and their lives. Well done.
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- blueGirl
- 02-26-22
A refreshing adaptation of an old classic
The narrators, some of my favorites, did a great job telling the story we all know so well, but never from this point of view.
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