A showgirl's rules for falling in love / Alice Murphy.

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Murphy, Alice [author.]

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text

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unmediated

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volume

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9781454959465
1454959460

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Summary: It's 1897, and a new fashion for thin threatens to end the career of proudly fat vaudeville performer Evelyn Cross. Enter Thomas Gallier, the man behind the new palace of entertainment promising to be the apex of New York City's theatrical scene. He's in search of a star for his vaudeville spectacular, and when he hears Evelyn sing, he knows exactly who he needs to grace his stage.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Adult Fiction	New Books	FIC MURPHY	Available	pap. ed		36748002650929

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Moulin Rouge meets The Greatest Showman in this romance between a vaudeville star and a showbiz tycoon who find love at the turn of the twentieth century--framed by mischievous commentary of a contemporary young historian. It's 1897, and a new fashion for thin threatens to end the career of proudly fat vaudeville performer Evelyn Cross. Enter Thomas Gallier, the man behind the new palace of entertainment promising to be the apex of New York City's theatrical scene. He's in search of a star for his vaudeville spectacular, and when he hears Evelyn sing, he knows exactly who he needs to grace his stage. In a grand finale, present-day narrator Phoebe steps in to reveal secrets and show readers what it really means to claim self-love. Inspired by the true story of a Progressive Era troop of plus-size dancers, this is a story about the spirit of community and the power of romance.

It's 1897, and a new fashion for thin threatens to end the career of proudly fat vaudeville performer Evelyn Cross. Enter Thomas Gallier, the man behind the new palace of entertainment promising to be the apex of New York City's theatrical scene. He's in search of a star for his vaudeville spectacular, and when he hears Evelyn sing, he knows exactly who he needs to grace his stage.

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Plus-size historical researcher Phoebe Blair is contacted by super-wealthy Armitage Gallier, who wants help researching a girlie card featuring Evelyn Cross. Evelyn, a legendary and big-bodied vaudeville star, mysteriously disappeared in 1897. This unique story involves two time lines and three romances--one in the 1890s, one contemporary, and one that might have been. Armitage's Fifth Avenue mansion houses a treasure trove of historical family valuables. Thomas Gallier, a wealthy foreigner, makes a splash in 1890s New York. He sets out to build a pleasure palace that will be grander, more beautiful, and more exciting than anything seen in New York up to that time. The star he finds to headline the entertainment is Evelyn Cross. Readers will be fascinated by the excesses of the gilded age as societal norms swung from bawdy entertainment and lush body size to thin and prim at the end of the nineteenth century. Not a traditional romance, this memorable tale bounces between then and now, with interjections of Phoebe's take on things.