03071cam a2200349 4500 1166809897 TxAuBib 20240308120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063282919 0063282917 B0C782GT4P Amazon acf3559e-14ca-4069-89d0-9fd1ce20dbee OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9909072 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Knight, Eliza. Can't We Be Friends [Libby] : A Novel of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe. HarperCollins, 2024. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2299kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. African American Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<p><strong>Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a brilliant novel that uncovers the boundary-breaking, genuine friendship between Ella Fitzgerald, the Queen of Jazz, and iconic movie star Marilyn Monroe.</strong></p> <p><strong>One woman was recognized as the premiere singer of her era with perfect pitch and tireless ambition.</strong></p> <p><strong>One woman was the most glamorous star in Hollywood, a sex symbol who took the world by storm.</strong></p> <p><strong>And their friendship was fast and firm...</strong></p> <p>1952: Ella Fitzgerald is a renowned jazz singer whose only roadblock to longevity is society's attitude toward women and race. Marilyn Monroe's star is rising despite ongoing battles with movie studio bigwigs and boyfriends. When she needs help with her singing, she wants only the best—and the best is the brilliant Ella Fitzgerald. But Ella isn't a singing teacher and declines—then the two women meet, and to everyone's surprise but their own, they become fast friends.</p> <p>On the surface, what could they have in common? Yet each was underestimated by the men in their lives—husbands, managers, hangers-on. And both were determined to gain. Each fought for professional independence and personal agency in a time when women were expected to surrender control to those same men.</p> <p>This novel reveals and celebrates their surprising bond over a decade and serves as a poignant reminder of how true friendship can cross differences to bolster and sustain us through haunting heartbreak and wild success.</p><br />. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-03-07 20:00:03. Bryce, Denny S. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=acf3559e-14ca-4069-89d0-9fd1ce20dbee&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=acf3559e-14ca-4069-89d0-9fd1ce20dbee&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=acf3559e-14ca-4069-89d0-9fd1ce20dbee&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)