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Title details for Miss del Río by Bárbara Mujica - Available

Miss del Río

by Bárbara Mujica
Frankie Corzo
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"Dolores del Río bursts to life in this vivid, well-researched portrayal. Her iconic feline elegance and brash spirit dominates every page, but it's her defiance to live life on her own terms that sets her apart—and what an extraordinary life she led."—C.W. Gortner, bestselling author of Marlene
1910, Mexico. As the country's revolution spreads, Dolores, the daughter of a wealthy banker, must flee her comfortable life in Durango or risk death. Her family settles in Mexico City, where, at sixteen, she marries the worldly Jaime del Río. But in a twist of fate, at a party she meets an influential American director who recognizes in her a natural performer. He invites her to Hollywood, and practically overnight, the famous Miss del Río is born.
Dolores's star quickly rises, and her days become a whirlwind of moviemaking and glamorous events. Swept up in L.A.'s glitzy inner circle, she takes her place among film royalty such as Marlene Dietrich and Orson Welles. But as her career soars, her personal life becomes increasingly complicated, with family tragedy, divorce, and real heartache. And when she's labeled box office poison amid growing prejudice before WWII, Dolores must decide what price she's willing to pay to achieve her dreams and if her heart and future instead lie where it all began...in Mexico.
Spanning half a century and narrated by Dolores's fictional hairdresser and longtime friend, Miss del Río traces the life of a trailblazing woman whose legacy in Hollywood and in Mexico still shines bright today.
"Bárbara Mujica dazzles us.... She takes us on a journey through an era of wars and movies, and unforgettable characters that made Hollywood what it is today." —María Amparo Escandón, New York Times bestselling author of L.A. Weather

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    October 4, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9781488215230
      • File size: 375438 KB
      • Duration: 13:02:09

  • Languages

    • English

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    • Booklist

      September 1, 2022
      Glamorous international film icon Dolores del Rio stars in Mujica's latest work of women-focused historical fiction. As in her novel Frida (2012), Mujica tells Dolores' dramatic story through a narrator and observer close to the subject. In this case it's stylist Mara, a fictional friend modeled on Mujica's real mother, who was also a hairdresser in 1920s Los Angeles. Mara is an orphan being raised by her tough seamstress aunt. The novel begins thrillingly as both girls' families flee havoc in northern Mexico to seek refuge in Mexico City as the 1910 Revolution heats up. After growing up in Mexico City, Mara continues her and Dolores' story chronologically from the early days of Hollywood to the mid-century Golden Age of Mexican cinema to Dolores' mature years as a beloved philanthropist. Mujica includes appearances by other iconic figures, such as Marlene Dietrich, Orson Welles, and Frida Kahlo, in a salacious interlude involving chocolate. Mujica provides a list of resources for those interested in the history she fictionalizes and a reader's guide is included as well.

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