Description
A filmmaker navigating Hollywood’s ambitions, rivalries, and romantic entanglements, Jill Peel finds her present increasingly shaped by the unresolved legacy of Danny Deck and the choices that drew them apart. Her conversations with an older generation of artists—and a return to the Texas landscapes that haunt their stories—force her to reconsider the connections between love, memory, and creative ambition. Witty, candid, and emotionally perceptive, the novel explores the seductive machinery of Hollywood alongside the enduring pull of place. With its intelligent vernacular voice and vivid understanding of women’s inner lives, it offers a sharp meditation on art, desire, and the costs of making a life from stories.
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paperback
Published Jan 1, 1989
405 pages
ISBN: 9780671745851
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Details
First Published
1978
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Somebody's Darling by Larry McMurtry.