{"product_id":"lulu","title":"Lulu","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe was the laughing girl with the black helmet of hair and the sexy bangs. The new novel Lulu finds film star Louise Brooks in 1928 Berlin playing the role of her life a childlike woman named Lulu whose sexual desires destroy her and destroy the men in her life as well. Actress and character became joyfully hopelessly enmeshed in work that blends fiction with nonfiction. Her volatile relationship with her director is at the center of the book as she grapples with trying to make sense of her life. In life Louise Brooks was rarely able to balance these elements a problem hardly unique to her time. Brilliant people with enormous promise still often soar brightly then crash and burn. It came too little and far too late when Henri Langlois of the \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCinémathèque Française\u003c\/span\u003e declared decades later \" There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamuel Bernstein\u003c\/strong\u003e is the award-winning author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMr. Confidential\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e which he adapted into a stage musical with David Snyder that premiered at the 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival. He is the writer and producer of the Paramount and Showtime film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBobbie's Girl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the multi-festival award-winning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSilent Lies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In addition to writing for various television series he created the award-winning digital series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKill Your Inner Child\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for Hearst Entertainment. He is the winner of a Stonewall Book Award from the American Library Association for his work on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUncommon Heroes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a Hermes Creative Award for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMr. Confidential\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and a G.L.A.A.D. nomination for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBobbie's Girl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He lives in West Hollywood with husband Ronald Shore and a passel of dachshunds.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Like a scandalous Jackie Collins novel set in the 1920's but written with the sophisticated wit of a man who surely in a past life was there to see it all.\" -- Karen McCullah screenwriter of \u003cem\u003eLegally Blonde \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Ugly Truth\u003c\/em\u003e as well as bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Bachelorette Party\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Samuel Bernstein brilliantly brings actress Louise Brooks to life in this evocative non-fiction novel that blends both fact and fiction in a way that will keep readers turning pages and begging for more. - Julie Kenner bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eCarpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Prada Paradox \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Itasca Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54526321361171,"sku":"9780982662915","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/3521\/2563\/files\/img_proxy_f27da588-acad-4f8d-9162-4d75da0ee877.jpg?v=1785850777","url":"https:\/\/danuc.net\/products\/lulu","provider":"Danu's Wardrobe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}