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- Author
- Priya Parmar
- Narrator
- Cassandra Campbell
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Publish Date
- 18 June 2026
- Run Time
- 11 hours 37 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Katharine Hepburn was a legend. This is the novel of how she became one.
After the devastating loss of her beloved brother, young Katharine Hepburn makes two vows: she will become famous, and she will never let anyone hurt her again. Leaving behind her East Coast marriage and icy patrician family, she arrives in 1930s Hollywood – accompanied by her lover and determined to live on her own terms. But the studio system has rules. And Kate – brilliant, bisexual, and fiercely independent – refuses to follow them. .
Drawn into a glittering circle that includes the powerful David and Irene Selznick, the dazzling Cary Grant, ambitious director John Ford, and the millionaire tycoon Howard Hughes, she moves through a world of sex, ambition, and betrayal. As her star ascends, Kate faces an impossible choice: become the star Hollywood demands, or risk everything to become the woman she always was.
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Details
- Author
- Priya Parmar
- Narrator
- Cassandra Campbell
- Duration
- 11 hours 37 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 June 2026
- ISBN
- 9780750558280
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Romance
Synopsis
Katharine Hepburn was a legend. This is the novel of how she became one. After the devastating loss of her beloved brother, young Katharine Hepburn makes two vows: she will become famous, and she will never let anyone hurt her again. Leaving behind her East Coast marriage and icy patrician family, she arrives in 1930s Hollywood – accompanied by her lover and determined to live on her own terms. But the studio system has rules. And Kate – brilliant, bisexual, and fiercely independent – refuses to follow them. . Drawn into a glittering circle that includes the powerful David and Irene Selznick, the dazzling Cary Grant, ambitious director John Ford, and the millionaire tycoon Howard Hughes, she moves through a world of sex, ambition, and betrayal. As her star ascends, Kate faces an impossible choice: become the star Hollywood demands, or risk everything to become the woman she always was.
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