Melting the Snow on Hester Street

Melting the Snow on Hester Street
Daisy Waugh

Rich. Beautiful. Damned.Sumptuously evoking the Golden Age of Hollywood, a time when money is built on greed and love can be a trick of the light, Daisy Waugh’s stunning new novel is a compelling portrait of love, fame, and survival.October 1929: As America helterskelters through the last days before the great crash the cream of Hollywood parties heedlessly on.Beneath the sophistication and elegance, Hollywood society couple Max and Eleanor Beecham are on the brink of divorce, their finances teetering on a knife’s edge after a series of failed films. As the stock market tumbles it seems they have nowhere to turn but to the arms of their waiting lovers.Hope is delivered in an invitation to one of the legendary weekend parties at Hearst Castle, where the prohibition champagne will be flowing and the room filled with every Hollywood big-shot around. They cannot resist one last chance of making it.Scandalous, absurdly glamorous, the Hearst party is the epitome of Golden Era decadence, but for Max and Eleanor the time has come to make a decision that will change their future. Will they sacrifice everything for fame and fortune or plunge into their hidden past and grasp one last chance to love each other again?If you love the decadence of 20s America and can't wait for The Great Gatsby film, here's a brilliant book to tide you over…

DAISY WAUGH

Melting the Snow on Hester Street

Copyright

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Copyright © Daisy Waugh 2012

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Source ISBN: 9780007431748

Ebook Edition © March 2013 ISBN: 9780007487608

Version: 2014-12-17

Dedication

Darling Bashie,

movie star in the making (maybe)

This book is for you

Contents

Cover (#u34020bca-4eb5-5f4d-8d68-aa318fdae1a6)

Title Page (#uab5d02ac-af97-5191-a64a-b50c30de3e29)

Copyright (#u3721e184-3491-57c5-acd8-a1b19bbc723a)

Dedication (#u928e1ba0-851d-5971-9b08-17946679759c)

Max & Eleanor Beecham’s October Supper Party (#ue72da39c-249c-5fb4-8b87-aceba34a6f65)

Chapter 1 (#ueb1f9c2f-812a-55ad-8a62-1e6134a3a9ae)

Chapter 2 (#uaf475ad7-fa93-58d9-a64b-56c91f184fb7)

Chapter 3 (#ud70330fb-11c0-514d-8da5-706ee5bcadd1)

Chapter 4 (#u6d6361f5-56e5-500a-adbc-8f31c9375d8f)

Chapter 5 (#ue5f6dfdf-e323-512c-b5ad-3f7fb183beb7)

Chapter 6 (#u508431e6-ce7f-5351-8a57-f0e5aee18d61)

Chapter 7 (#ua9aab595-d890-5ed0-b88e-75ed6d22e703)

Chapter 8 (#u56627cd1-29ab-5167-8d7c-f96f0924f204)

Chapter 9 (#uff2f87e7-e120-5434-a320-747b5392d842)

Chapter 10 (#u15539c1d-8eda-5605-964d-f3b874d0620b)

Chapter 11 (#u5b989410-aa34-58f8-bbb3-feb77d624589)

The Nickelodeon on Hester Street (#u310d36fb-b8b5-5092-9803-7894ec0440fe)

Chapter 12 (#u395f7611-99fd-53fd-8225-70abb20670c7)

Chapter 13 (#uf6ede242-ae39-5027-b242-43ec95d13d5f)

Chapter 14 (#u794bb18a-6f65-5991-846c-cc9d1601f9e6)

Chapter 15 (#ub706d608-da60-5a5d-b2af-ebef9d1cdba2)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Divorce Capital (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)