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The Gay Illiterate
The Gay Illiterate | Louella Oettinger Parsons
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The Gay Illiterate | Louella Oettinger Parsons
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I expected more juicy gossip in this vintage 1944 memoir by the famous movie columnist. The title is a nickname from her peers since her writing style was too chatty with reckless disregard for grammar & fact checking.Oy!😬 Too much self-grandeur for me, but still some fun stories about movie icons like Pickford, Gable, Hayworth & more. Plus cool backstory about Parsons‘ longtime newspaper boss William Randolph Hearst!
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LeahBergen What a cool edition! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Sounds like a fun one-off read!! 3y
UwannaPublishme @LeahBergen Thx! Thrilled to find a signed copy. It‘s like having a little piece of Hollywood history. 3y
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UwannaPublishme @TheAromaofBooks Yaaas! You definitely picked lucky numbers this time. 🙌🏻 3y
rubyslippersreads Hedda and Louella were the gossip queens. 😊 3y
UwannaPublishme @rubyslippersreads Yes! Louella says they had a friendly rivalry. I may have to read Hedda‘s book next. 😉 3y
PurpleyPumpkin How are you my friend? Glad to see that you‘re getting some quality reading time in this month. Sounds like this book covers a very interesting time in history. And how awesome that you came across this signed edition! Where did you find it? 3y
UwannaPublishme @PurpleyPumpkin Nice to see you here! I do love reading about the classic Hollywood icons.😍 Found this fascinating relic at that big used book sale in Santa Barbara. Hope I‘ll get to go again next year. Stay warm over there and Happy Reading, my friend! 🤗❤️ 3y
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