Queenie by michael korda5/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() For a whole generation, she has been the standard by which moviegoers measure beauty, glamour, style-and happiness.īut behind the glitter of Dawn Avalon's life is the truth she has risked everything to conceal: that she is, in fact, Queenie Kelley, a half-caste Indian giri from Calcutta, bom into a society that had no place for her, and from which she escaped by a single, daring act which has shaped her destiny and which still casts the only dark shadow in a life of shimmering brilliance. Her perfect face-the huge, dark eyes, the high cheekbones, the legendary serenity- has brought her love, wealth, fame, even power. At the heart of Michael Korda's dazzling new novel is a woman so beautiful that nothing can hurt her-except her own past.ĭawn Avalon is a movie star of the first magnitude, the "Dream Princess," whose life, as it appears in the headlines and gossip columns, is the stuff of dreams. ![]()
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