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Book cover image of Hollywood Arms by Carol Burnett

Authors: Carol Burnett, Carrie Hamilton
ISBN-13: 9780822219590, ISBN-10: 082221959X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated
Date Published: January 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Carol Burnett

Book Synopsis

Set in California in 1941 and 1951, HOLLYWOOD ARMS is the funny and moving story of three generations of women living on welfare in a one-room apartment, one block north of Hollywood Boulevard. The cast of characters include a tough, funny, yet tender pill-popping Christian Scientist grandmother; a beautiful wide-eyed and distant mother who is struggling to be a writer, only to drown her ambitions in a bottle; a loving but absent and alcoholic father; and a young girl whose only escape is up on the roof of their rundown apartment house where she creates her own magical world at the foot of the Hollywood Hills. Finally, it s a story about shattered hopes and realized dreams.

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...chuckles and smiles of recognition or surprise flow naturally...a remarkable slice of life.

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