Mary H. reviewed Hollywood Realized on 12/9/2008

Barbara Hambly is a great storyteller, and this book is set in the real world (sort of). A World War II war widow is pulled from a miserable life as a paid companion into the excesses of Hollywood as her sister-in-law's dog sitter, ladies maid, and script writer. An unscrupulous Hollywood producer uses a cursed necklace to advance his own carear by propitiating the Rat God, and an ancient Chinese wizard tries to save the hapless Hollywood star. What I liked best was the character development and the authenticity of the Hollywood scene. I re-read this one to enjoy the gentle mocking of appearances over reality and the deep and discursive educated musings on a life that is lived very far away from the ivied halls of academia.

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