Lena Dunham Instagram – This month, we’re focusing on stories from the entertainment industry: while it may seem like rarified air, Hollywood is a microcosm, where movie sets are little universes and the ups and downs of a career have something to say about the endless yet never-enough journey we take as human beings.
One book that brilliantly uses fame as a lens through which to understand the need for connection is From Here to the Great Unknown, Riley Keough’s stunning duet with her mother Lisa-Marie Presley. Had chills at least once a page as it summed up so much about being a daughter, a mother, a sister and an artist with an unparalleled tenderness.
Bruce Eric Kaplan’s They Went Another Way is a droll study in the disappointments of a writer’s career, proving that they too can be turned into an act of creative defiance. Bruce is so funny it makes me want to dress as him for Halloween (baseball hat, t shirt, slight frown.)
Let me know if you have books in this genre that are must reads, and tell us what you’re thinking as we read along together #LDbookclub #hollyweird | Posted on 23/Oct/2024 20:20:47
