Title: American blonde
Description: "In 1945, Velva Jean Hart is a bona fide war heroine. After a newsreel films her triumphant return to America, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer promises to make her a star. They give her a new life story and a brand new name. As 'Kit Rogers,' she navigates the movie sets, recording sessions, parties, staged romances, and occasional backstabbing that accompany her newfound fame. She also navigates real-life romance, finding herself caught between a charismatic young writer and a sexy and enigmatic musician from her past"--
Subjects: Women air pilots, Man-woman relationships, Fiction, Motion picture actors and actresses, History, Young women, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Coming of Age, Fiction, coming of age, Young women, fiction, United states, fiction
Places: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Southern Appalachian Region
Time periods: 20th century