Glamorous Notions

A Novel

De: Megan Chance

Narrado por: Karen Peakes

A costume designer’s past casts a long shadow over her well-constructed lies in this intriguing story about stolen identities, friendship, and betrayal from the author of A Splendid Ruin and A Dangerous Education.

Hollywood, 1955. As head costume designer for Lux Pictures, Lena Taylor hears startling confessions from the biggest movie stars. She knows how to keep their secrets—after all, none of their scandals can match her own.

Lena was once Elsie Gruner, the daughter of an Ohio dressmaker. Her gift for fashion design helped her win a coveted spot at an art academy in Rome. While in Italy, she became enthralled by the charismatic Julia, who drew her into a shadowy world of jazz clubs, code words, and mysterious deliveries. When one of Julia’s intrigues ended in murder, Elsie found herself in the middle of a bewildering sinister international plot. So she ran.

After fleeing to LA, Elsie became Lena—but she’s never stopped looking over her shoulder. Now, as her engagement to a screenwriter throws her into the spotlight, she’s terrified her façade won’t hold up. Will she figure out the truth about her past before everything falls apart?

©2025 by Megan Chance. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“The plot is intense and dramatic, and it is always edifying to experience Chance’s scene-setting where she revels in minute detail to embed her characters firmly in time and place. The author writes superbly and never fails to weave a powerful story.”—Historical Novels Review (Editors’ Choice)

Incredible

I loved this book. The story was fantastic and full of twists and turns, history, and well rounded grey-area characters. The narrator did an exceptional job.

She had a lot going on

this was good book. alot of twist and turns. long winded at times but it still was a good book

WOW!

Great story, gripping, informative, and fascinating. The audio performance was flawless. Five stars, highly recommended.

Story is interesting but too drawn out.

I liked the basic storyline and the Hollywood example of McCarthyism, however the book was shallow. It seemed to repeat stories within stories so for me it was slow and sometimes boring. Too many repeated details like the smoking and the drinking.The subject and story was impressive but overall the book is forgettable.

Interesting

Good narration, interesting story but the lead character seemed weak and overly emotional. I have to consider the times i guess but she would have been more believable if she was bit stronger.