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Hollywood Girls Club: A Novel [Hardcover]

Maggie Marr (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)


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April 10, 2007
The climb to the top of the Hollywood ladder is treacherous, especially in stilettos. And as any A-lister knows, even harder than getting to the top is staying there. Hollywood Girls Club follows the well-heeled footsteps of three power players who are determined not to lose their footing: Jessica, the agency president with hot, demanding clients and an ice-cold fiance; Celeste, the megastar whose action-flick-director husband just dumped her for a fresh-faced newcomer; and Lydia, the producer with the magic touch whose new boss is personally waging a campaign to ruin her career. They’ve been friends for a long time, and in the poisonous petri dish of the film industry, having friends with power is crucial, but having friends you can trust is even better.

For the first time, the stars have aligned and Jessica, Celeste, and Lydia are all working on the same project, a big-budget action movie called Seven Minutes Past Midnight. The movie is going to be a blockbuster if they can ever get it wrapped. But between complicated personal lives, mind games and backstabbing, and a movie studio head with an unfortunate resemblance to an evil leprechaun, there has been more than the usual amount of chaos during filming. It will take all their collective clout to get this movie into theaters. Together with Mary Anne, a naive writer from Minnesota whom they plucked from obscurity to polish Lydia’s script, the girls fight, Hollywood style, to make this film a box-office hit.

Shifting from one woman’s perspective to another’s, this addictive page-turner takes you inside L.A. to reveal the inner workings of Hollywood and how strong-willed women navigate the shifting landscape of influence and control. No more tales from the assistant’s office, Hollywood Girls Club is the story of the players themselves, with their sometimes ugly motivations, humanizing frailties, grandiose scandals, and the lasting friendships you can find, even in the Hollywood jungle.

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Hollywood power-puff Marr pulls back the curtain on the wizards of Tinseltown, exposing a quartet of shameless, shoe-crazy ladies bent on building fame and fortune through blockbusters. Here's Celese "Cici" Solange, the stunning movie queen clinging to stardom by a manicured fingernail; her agent, Jessica Caulfield, president of CTA, "the most powerful agency in town," determined to keep her top-notch client list and position; billion-dollar producer Lydia Albright, fighting to a bring a sure-fire hit to the screen before she's fired by a new studio chief; and writer Mary Ann Meyers, plucked from obscurity to write the $1.5-million screenplay that brings all the players together. Marr knows her power-hungry vipers, thanks to her stint at the talent agency ICM. Though her insider's tell-all bristles at the plight of women who compete ("Talent representation was a male business; it was sales"), this novel is less about hit-making than cold compromise—"With the paparazzi, with the press, with the studios, with the producers, with myself," as Celeste concedes. The girls' club, cutthroat and callous, turns out to be a lot like the boys' club, but cattier and more fun to read about. A sequel is in the works. (Apr.)
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"Maggie Marr perfectly captures the crazy life behind the scenes in Hollywood, and gives us a glimpse into that world through characters who are fabulous and funny."

—Suzanne Hansen, author of the New York Times bestseller You’ll Never Nanny in This Town Again



Hollywood Girls Club illustrates that in Hollywood—and life—things aren't always what they seem, and getting beyond superficial surfaces is next to impossible. Margaret Marr's smart and incisive book proves that women really should be put in their proper place—as the power brokers of the entertainment world! All it takes for a strong woman to get a step ahead (in a fabulous pair of shoes, of course!), is a little help from her solid friendships with other strong women.

—Leanne Shear and Tracey Toomey, authors of The Perfect Manhattan



“Hollywood Girls Club is about as easy to stop consuming as a bowl of Häagen-Dazs.”

—Robin Hazelwood, author of Model Student



“Smart, sassy and brilliantly observed ... a funny and sharp exposé of the Hollywood machine.”

—Sue Margolis, author of Gucci Gucci Coo

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Crown (April 10, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0307346293
  • ISBN-13: 978-0307346292
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,025,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Maggie Marr is an attorney and former motion picture literary agent. She is the author of Hollywood Girls Club and Secrets of The Hollywood Girls Club. Can't Buy Me Love, her first contemporary romance, publishes March 2012. She also writes for film and television. Maggie is married and lives in Los Angeles.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars and a pair of Jimmy Choo Lexy Suede Platform Slings, June 8, 2008
I loved this book! For all of us who will never get the opportunity to eat a meal at Ivy or buy shoes on Rodeo Drive, Maggie Marr invites us behind the scenes into the gilded world of the Hollywood elite. Packed with movie industry drama, name dropping, high fashion and sexy secrets, Hollywood Girls Club is a fun summer read! If it is said that clothes make the man, one might say that in this book shoes make the woman! Kudos to Ms. Marr for an enjoyable first novel!
Melinda Josiah Geaumont
Bass Shoes Brown Leather Sandals
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5.0 out of 5 stars Couldnt Put it down, October 18, 2007
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This was the best book i have read in a long time.. I couldnt put it down. I can not wait for her next novel.... The list of friends wanting to borrow this book is LONG!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ladies - a MUST read!!!!, April 30, 2007
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Hollywood Girls Club - I've never been more entertained by a book and cannot WAIT to see the movie! Maggie Marr has succeeded in capturing the essence of Hollywood business women's lives - and their fabulous shoes. If you're looking for the next big hit, or just a fabulous summer read, you must get Hollywood Girls Club. Think Sex in the City meets Entourage. Enough said. You will not be disappointed.
Carolyn Jacob, MD
Chicago Cosmetic Surgery and Dermatology
20 W. Kinzie St., Suite 1130
Chicago, IL 60610
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