Novels about famous women and the act they keep up

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The public version of a woman, maintained at enormous cost. Stories about being looked at for a living, and who you get to be after.

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Stacked by Drayfus · Updated 1 month ago

The 7 books on this stack

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  • Elizabeth Gilbert 2019

    Why it's on the stack

    Sharp and very funny · funny and sad at once

    It shares this with 1 more book on this stack

    Young, glamorous and inseparable, Vivian and Celia are chasing trouble from one end of the city to the other.

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  • Ann Patchett 2023

    Why it's on the stack

    Comforting, like coming home · sad, but it leaves you hopeful

    It shares this with 1 more book on this stack

    The breathtaking new novel from Ann Patchett - a Sunday Times and No.

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  • Bonnie Garmus 2022 2 want to read

    Why it's on the stack

    Love in the middle of danger · love and laughs in equal parts

    It shares this with 1 more book on this stack

    Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in…

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  • Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022 1 want to read

    Why it's on the stack

    Slow-burn romance

    But six years after her last match, she watches a young British tennis player steal her world record - and Carrie knows she has to go back and reclaim her rightful place at the top.

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  • Taylor Jenkins Reid 2021 1 want to read

    Why it's on the stack

    Comforting, like coming home · all in one day, one night or one summer

    It shares this with 1 more book on this stack

    But over the course of twenty-four hours, the family drama that ensues will change their lives forever.

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  • Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 1 want to read

    Why it's on the stack

    Love hurts sometimes · it makes you cry, in a good way

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    Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life.

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