City of Girls is a novel about women in show business in the 1940’s. Elizabeth Gilbert’s novel illustrates how different women navigated their own lives and their own destinies; in their own unique ways. Gilbert delves into the unique life philosophies of each woman while maintaining themes of love and women’s empowerment. If you miss City of Girls, read it again! Or, here are some other great reads with similar vibes to help with your pink feathery withdrawals.
Novels featuring women in Show Business:
Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
“Joyce Carol Oates boldly reimagines the inner, poetic, and spiritual life of Norma Jeane Baker—the child, the woman, the fated celebrity and idolized blonde the world came to know as Marilyn Monroe. In a voice startlingly intimate and rich, Norma Jeane tells her own story of an emblematic American artist—intensely conflicted and driven—who had lost her way.”
Women in Show Business Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read more about Blonde HERE.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reed
“Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. She chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job. Monique listens as Evelyn unfurls her story: from making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the late ’80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way.”
Women in Show Business Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read more about The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo HERE.
Grace in the Wings by Kari Bovée
“Dripping with 1920s swagger and enough twists to trip up a flapper, Grace in the Wings by Kari Bovée is a romance-fueled mystery with Manhattan skylines, unfettered ambition, and plenty of murder to go around. Grace Michelle is an entrancing and magnetic dynamo of a character that carries this book on her ingenue shoulders. This roaringly good novel is a loving homage to an era, a captivating story of painful growth, and a twisted mystery that will leave you wanting an encore.” – Self-Publishing Review
Women in Show Business Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read more about Grace in the Wings HERE.
All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani
“The movie business is booming in 1935 when 21-year-old Loretta Young meets 34-year-old Clark Gable on set. Though he’s already married, Gable falls for the young actress instantly. Far from the glittering lights of Hollywood, Sister Alda Ducci has been forced to leave her convent and begin a new journey that leads her to Loretta. Becoming Miss Young’s assistant, Alda must now navigate the wild terrain. Over decades, they encounter scandal and adventure, love and passion, and forge an enduring bond that will be put to the test.”
Women in Show Business Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read more about All the Stars in the Heavens HERE.
Vivian in Red by Kristina Riggle
Famed Broadway producer Milo Short may be eighty-eight but that doesn’t stop him from going to the office every day. So when he steps out of his Upper West Side brownstone on one exceptionally hot morning, he’s not expecting to see the impossible: a woman from his life sixty years ago, cherry red lips, bright red hat, winking at him on a New York sidewalk, looking just as beautiful as she did back in 1934.
The sight causes him to suffer a stroke. And when he comes to, the renowned lyricist discovers he has lost the ability to communicate. Milo believes he must unravel his complicated history with Vivian Adair in order to win back his words.
A sweeping love story, family mystery and historical drama set eighty years apart, Vivian in Red will swell your heart like a favorite song while illuminating Broadway like you’ve never seen before.
Women in Show Business Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read more about Vivian in Red HERE.
I haven’t found many other historical fiction novels about women in Showbiz, but I’m certainly a fan! PLEASE drop some suggestions in the comments below if you know of any others!
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