Dream Factory Author:Janet Leigh It was a time when Hollywood studios were at their most powerful, when stars were discovered and crafted into national idols and the motion picture dream factory was in full swing. And at the center of it all was one woman -- a woman who knew all the secrets. Eve Handel was someone who always knew what she wanted. Raised in a middle-class Chic... more »ago family, she and her siblings were encouraged to express their opinions, to follow their dreams. For Eve, that dream was Hollywood. At twenty, Eve was on the brink of choosing another path, the more traditional one of wife and homemaker. But when an unexpected opportunity dropped out of the blue, Eve broke off her engagement to the man she'd loved for years to follow her dream to Hollywood. Hired by Utopia Studios to find talented actors and build them into stars, Eve quickly became one of the most powerful women in an industry run by men. And as Eve influenced the careers of many Hollywood stars, her uncanny ability to listen made her their confidante. And Hollywood's elite freely unloaded their secrets -- and scandals -- on Eve. Now after a sudden illness Eve lies in a hospital bed. As her life hangs in the balance, those closest to her are torn between their concern for Eve and their own reputations. Because Eve Handel kept a journal -- a journal containing truths that could jeopardize careers and ruin lives. From Janet Leigh, one of Hollywood's insiders, comes a novel about the power of secrets in a town built on illusions.« less