1968, Chicago For Frankie Saunders, fleeing across America is her only escape from an abusive husband. And even the most determined young woman can play too many secrets too far. But power in the City of Angels is also fueled by racism, greed, and betrayal. An up-and-coming journalist, Daisy anonymously chronicles fierce activism and behind-the-scenes Hollywood scandals in order to save her family from poverty. It embodies prosperity and dreams of equality for all-especially Daisy Washington. 1928, Los Angeles: The newly-built Hotel Somerville is the hotspot for the city's glittering African-American elite. They only speak about her-and not glowingly. My Aunt Daisy, the driver, is an audacious woman that no one in our family actually speaks to. A lime-gold Ford Mustang is parked outside my building. Book Synopsis At the height of the Civil Rights Movement amidst an America convulsed by the 1960s, a pregnant young woman and her brash, profane aunt embark upon an audacious road trip from Chicago to Los Angeles to confront a decades-old mystery from 1920's Black Hollywood in this haunting novel of historical fiction from the author of Wild Women and the Blues.
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