title: The Hollywood Daughter: A Novel
author:  Kate Alcott 
description: "A vivid portrait of the turbulent times and the heartbreak of real people underneath all the glamour of 1940s Hollywood. Young Jesse Malloy is a compelling guide to the era and her connection to the beautiful Ingrid Bergman forms an integral part of Jesse's search for the truth about her own childhood. Brimming with all the sparkle of old Hollywood and all the heart and honesty of a true coming-of-age story."<br /> <b>--Helen Simonson, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Summer Before the War</i></b><br /><br />"<i>The Hollywood Daughter</i>comes at a perfect time to remind us of what happens when conspiracy theorists and authoritarians are loosed upon the land...Jessica Malloy is a worthy heroine for our era. Kate Alcottreminds us that the real damage to home and homeland comes from fearmongering and divisive politics."<br /><i><b>--Washington Post<br /><br /></b></i>The Ingrid Bergman that Alcott creates is more human and flawed than the celebrity we know from the movies<i>The Hollywood Daughter</i> is at first loaded with nostalgiaBut the novel slowly unravels this idealistic image to show the danger of conformity and the overwhelming pressure to do what is expected in a culture where aberration is not tolerated[The novel] feels particularly resonant today.<br /><i><b>--Kansas City Star</b></i><br /><br />"Kate Alcott crafts an engrossing coming of age tale that cleverly portrays both the seductive glamour and moral hypocrisy of 1940's Hollywood. Told through the eyes of an idealistic young heroine whose own loyalties are divided, the story of Ingrid Bergman's very public rise and fall from grace deftly mirrors the changing female identity of a nation and offers timely reminders on the dangers of censorship, intolerance, and institutionalized sexism."<br /> <b>--Kathleen Tessaro,<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>The Perfume Collector</i></b><br /><br />"I was swept along by this story; Kate Alcott has crafted a masterpiece with this novel, writing with grace and lyricism about the golden age of Hollywood and a young girl living on the periphery of a glittering world. Alcott manages to keep Ingrid Bergman just ethereal enough to maintain the allure the starlet was known for, while bringing Bergman's human longings to the surface. It is a breathtakingly tender exploration of faith, fame, growing up and letting go."<br /><b>--Victoria Kelly, author of<i>Mrs. Houdini<br /><br /></i></b>"Alcott tells another tremendously appealing story with great skill and insight, extending her reign as a top popular historical novelist.<br /><i><b>--Booklist<br /></b></i><br />[An] affecting coming of age novel...Alcott effectively uses Bergmans 1950 fall from grace, seen through Jessicas eyes...drawing in readers from the start with smooth writing. Her storytelling skillfully taps into Jessicas black-and-white adolescent worldview and the distance she maintains from others as an adult, making both realand surprisingly emotional.<i><b><br />--Publishers Weekly</b></i>
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  # ALSO BY KATE ALCOTT
  
  
  A Touch of Stardust
  
  
  The Daring Ladies of Lowell
  
  
  The Dressmaker
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  This is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with
  the exception of some actors and public figures, are products of the author’s
  imagination. Where real-life figures appear, the situations, incidents, and
  dialogues concerning those persons are entirely fictional and are not intended
  to depict actual events or to change the entirely fictional nature of the
  work. In all other respects, any resemblance to persons living or dead is
  entirely coincidental.
  
  
  Copyright © 2017 by Kate Alcott
  
  
  All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Dou