The Chelsea Girls

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Call Number: Fiction / Davis, Fiona, Adult Book / Fiction / Historical / Davis, Fiona
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Davis, Fiona	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Historical / Davis, Fiona	4-week checkout	On Shelf

From the dramatic redbrick facade to the sweeping staircase dripping with art, the Chelsea Hotel has long been New York City's creative oasis for the many artists, writers, musicians, actors, filmmakers, and poets who have called it home-a scene playwright Hazel Riley and actress Maxine Mead are determined to use to their advantage. Yet they soon discover that the greatest obstacle to putting up a show on Broadway has nothing to do with their art, and everything to do with politics. A Red scare is sweeping across America, and Senator Joseph McCarthy has started a witch hunt for Communists, with those in the entertainment industry in the crosshairs. As the pressure builds to name names, it is more than Hazel and Maxine's Broadway dreams that may suffer as they grapple with the terrible consequences, but also their livelihood, their friendship, and even their freedom.

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Crazy! submitted by smgop on July 14, 2021, 2:31pm I enjoyed this book - it is crazy to think of the communist witch hunts the US went through in the 50s.